#956EF5#956EF5

#956EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.194 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EF5
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 245)
HSL	hsl(257, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 45.19, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 77.23, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0774 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.194 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4474, 24.1332, 89.2117)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EF5 #CEF56E

analogous

#6E8BF5 #956EF5 #D86EF5

triadic

#956EF5 #F5956E #6EF595

tetradic

#956EF5 #F56E8B #CEF56E #6EF5D8

square

#956EF5 #F56E8B #CEF56E #6EF5D8

split-complementary

#956EF5 #F5D86E #8BF56E

monochromatic

#4A0FDA #6B35F1 #956EF5 #BFA7F9 #E9E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#956EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#956EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EF5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EF5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A88FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3684F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.194 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f9',
    500: '#956ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ef5;
$custom-light: #b999f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64145,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EF5

secondary

#E8F3CC

accent

#E402A2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EF5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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