#956FE8#956FE8

#956FE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.176 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FE8
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 41.22, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 69.75, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0757 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.176 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6406, 23.5840, 79.1608)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FE8 #C2E86F

analogous

#6F86E8 #956FE8 #D26FE8

triadic

#956FE8 #E8956F #6FE895

tetradic

#956FE8 #E86F86 #C2E86F #6FE8D2

square

#956FE8 #E86F86 #C2E86F #6FE8D2

split-complementary

#956FE8 #E8D26F #86E86F

monochromatic

#511EBE #6E3AE0 #956FE8 #BCA4F0 #E3D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#956FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#956FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FE8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FE8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8187A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.176 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899f0',
    500: '#956fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fe8;
$custom-light: #b899f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63489,
    "c": 0.17634,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FE8

secondary

#E0ECC6

accent

#D51197

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FE8

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

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