#956EF8#956EF8

#956EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.198 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EF8
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 248)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 45.98, -64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 78.80, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.0774 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.198 293)
XYZ	xyz(34.9091, 24.3178, 91.6433)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EF8 #D1F86E

analogous

#6E8CF8 #956EF8 #DA6EF8

triadic

#956EF8 #F8956E #6EF895

tetradic

#956EF8 #F86E8C #D1F86E #6EF8DA

square

#956EF8 #F86E8C #D1F86E #6EF8DA

split-complementary

#956EF8 #F8DA6E #8CF86E

monochromatic

#470BE1 #6A34F5 #956EF8 #C0A8FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#956EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#956EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EF8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EF8	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2489FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3185F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.198 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999fb',
    500: '#956ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ef8;
$custom-light: #b999fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 90.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.19774,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.24319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EF8

secondary

#E9F4CE

accent

#E600A5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EF8

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

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