#956FE9#956FE9

#956FE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.178 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FE9
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 41.48, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 70.29, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0758 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.178 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7831, 23.6410, 79.9110)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FE9 #C3E96F

analogous

#6F86E9 #956FE9 #D26FE9

triadic

#956FE9 #E9956F #6FE995

tetradic

#956FE9 #E96F86 #C3E96F #6FE9D2

square

#956FE9 #E96F86 #C3E96F #6FE9D2

split-complementary

#956FE9 #E9D26F #86E96F

monochromatic

#501DC0 #6E3AE1 #956FE9 #BCA4F1 #E3D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#956FE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#956FE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FE9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FE9	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D86ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8188A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.178 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899f1',
    500: '#956fe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fe9;
$custom-light: #b899f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6355,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FE9

secondary

#E1EDC7

accent

#D61098

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FE9

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

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