#956EFF#956EFF

#956EFF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.206 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956EFF
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 56.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 47.84, -67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 82.46, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0774 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.206 292)
XYZ	xyz(36.0154, 24.7604, 97.4700)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956EFF #D8FF6E

analogous

#6E90FF #956EFF #DE6EFF

triadic

#956EFF #FF956E #6EFF95

tetradic

#956EFF #FF6E90 #D8FF6E #6EFFDE

square

#956EFF #FF6E90 #D8FF6E #6EFFDE

split-complementary

#956EFF #FFDE6E #90FF6E

monochromatic

#4100F3 #6831FF #956EFF #C2ABFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#956EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#956EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956EFF

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956EFF	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#108BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2385FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.206 292.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.138,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.20634,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956EFF

secondary

#EDF7D2

accent

#E600A8

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956EFF

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

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