#956FEE#956FEE

#956FEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.184 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FEE
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 53.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 42.79, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 72.93, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.076 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.184 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5075, 23.9308, 83.7261)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FEE #C8EE6F

analogous

#6F88EE #956FEE #D56FEE

triadic

#956FEE #EE956F #6FEE95

tetradic

#956FEE #EE6F88 #C8EE6F #6FEED5

square

#956FEE #EE6F88 #C8EE6F #6FEED5

split-complementary

#956FEE #EED56F #88EE6F

monochromatic

#4D18CB #6D38E8 #956FEE #BDA6F4 #E6DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#956FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#956FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FEE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FEE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3787F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F89A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.184 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f4',
    500: '#956fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fee;
$custom-light: #b999f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.953,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6386,
    "c": 0.18388,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FEE

secondary

#E4F0C9

accent

#DB0A9D

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FEE

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

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