#956FEB#956FEB

#956FEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.180 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FEB
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 235)
HSL	hsl(258, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 42.00, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 71.34, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0759 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.18 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0704, 23.7560, 81.4242)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FEB #C5EB6F

analogous

#6F87EB #956FEB #D36FEB

triadic

#956FEB #EB956F #6FEB95

tetradic

#956FEB #EB6F87 #C5EB6F #6FEBD3

square

#956FEB #EB6F87 #C5EB6F #6FEBD3

split-complementary

#956FEB #EBD36F #87EB6F

monochromatic

#4F1BC4 #6D39E4 #956FEB #BDA5F2 #E4DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#956FEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#956FEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FEB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FEB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A87EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4484E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8088A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956feb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.180 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899f2',
    500: '#956feb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956feb;
$custom-light: #b899f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956feb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.387,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.18012,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FEB

secondary

#E2EEC8

accent

#D80E9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FEB

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

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