#956FE2#956FE2

#956FE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.169 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FE2
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 39.67, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 66.57, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0753 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.169 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8029, 23.2490, 74.7487)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FE2 #BCE26F

analogous

#6F82E2 #956FE2 #CE6FE2

triadic

#956FE2 #E2956F #6FE295

tetradic

#956FE2 #E26F82 #BCE26F #6FE2CE

square

#956FE2 #E26F82 #BCE26F #6FE2CE

split-complementary

#956FE2 #E2CE6F #82E26F

monochromatic

#5324B3 #703CD8 #956FE2 #BAA2EC #E0D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#956FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#956FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FE2

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FE2	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4485E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.169 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899ec',
    500: '#956fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fe2;
$custom-light: #b899ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.826,
    "s": 66.474,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63125,
    "c": 0.16874,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FE2

secondary

#DDE9C4

accent

#CE1792

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FE2

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

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