#956EFA#956EFA

#956EFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.200 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EFA
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 56%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 46.51, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 79.85, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.0774 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.2 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2210, 24.4426, 93.2861)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EFA #D3FA6E

analogous

#6E8DFA #956EFA #DB6EFA

triadic

#956EFA #FA956E #6EFA95

tetradic

#956EFA #FA6E8D #D3FA6E #6EFADB

square

#956EFA #FA6E8D #D3FA6E #6EFADB

split-complementary

#956EFA #FADB6E #8DFA6E

monochromatic

#4608E6 #6A33F8 #956EFA #C0A9FC #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#956EFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#956EFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EFA

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EFA	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F89FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D85F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956efa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.200 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99fd',
    500: '#956efa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956efa;
$custom-light: #ba99fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956efa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.714,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6447,
    "c": 0.20021,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EFA

secondary

#EAF5CF

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EFA

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

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