#956EFE#956EFE

#956EFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.205 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EFE
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 254)
HSL	hsl(256, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 47.58, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 81.94, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0774 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.205 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8549, 24.6961, 96.6244)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EFE #D7FE6E

analogous

#6E8FFE #956EFE #DD6EFE

triadic

#956EFE #FE956E #6EFE95

tetradic

#956EFE #FE6E8F #D7FE6E #6EFEDD

square

#956EFE #FE6E8F #D7FE6E #6EFEDD

split-complementary

#956EFE #FEDD6E #8FFE6E

monochromatic

#4202F0 #6931FE #956EFE #C1ABFE #E9E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#956EFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#956EFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EFE

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EFE	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#148AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2585FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956efe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.205 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ff',
    500: '#956efe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956efe;
$custom-light: #ba99ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956efe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 98.63,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64734,
    "c": 0.20511,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EFE

secondary

#ECF7D1

accent

#E600A7

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EFE

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

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