#956FD6#956FD6

#956FD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.153 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FD6
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 214)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 36.62, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 60.16, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0742 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.153 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2136, 22.6132, 66.3783)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FD6 #B0D66F

analogous

#6F7CD6 #956FD6 #C86FD6

triadic

#956FD6 #D6956F #6FD695

tetradic

#956FD6 #D66F7C #B0D66F #6FD6C8

square

#956FD6 #D66F7C #B0D66F #6FD6C8

split-complementary

#956FD6 #D6C86F #7CD66F

monochromatic

#572D9E #723FC8 #956FD6 #B89FE4 #DBCEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#956FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#956FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FD6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FD6	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E83DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.153 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799e3',
    500: '#956fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fd6;
$custom-light: #b799e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FD6

secondary

#D5E3BE

accent

#C32288

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FD6

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

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