#956FEF#956FEF

#956FEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.185 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FEF
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 53.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 43.05, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 73.46, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.076 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.185 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6548, 23.9897, 84.5019)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FEF #C9EF6F

analogous

#6F89EF #956FEF #D56FEF

triadic

#956FEF #EF956F #6FEF95

tetradic

#956FEF #EF6F89 #C9EF6F #6FEFD5

square

#956FEF #EF6F89 #C9EF6F #6FEFD5

split-complementary

#956FEF #EFD56F #89EF6F

monochromatic

#4D17CD #6C38E9 #956FEF #BEA6F5 #E6DDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#956FEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#956FEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FEF

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FEF	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3688F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F89A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956fef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.185 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f5',
    500: '#956fef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956fef;
$custom-light: #b999f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956fef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.813,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.18514,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FEF

secondary

#E5F0CA

accent

#DC099E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FEF

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

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