#956FE6#956FE6

#956FE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FE6
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 51.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 40.70, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 68.69, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0756 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.174 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3582, 23.4711, 77.6731)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FE6 #C0E66F

analogous

#6F85E6 #956FE6 #D16FE6

triadic

#956FE6 #E6956F #6FE695

tetradic

#956FE6 #E66F85 #C0E66F #6FE6D1

square

#956FE6 #E66F85 #C0E66F #6FE6D1

split-complementary

#956FE6 #E6D16F #85E66F

monochromatic

#5120BA #6F3BDD #956FE6 #BBA3EF #E2D7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#956FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#956FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FE6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FE6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4086EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8287A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899ee',
    500: '#956fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fe6;
$custom-light: #b899ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63367,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FE6

secondary

#DFEBC5

accent

#D21395

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FE6

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

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