#956FF2#956FF2

#956FF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.189 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF2
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 242)
HSL	hsl(257, 83%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 54.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 43.84, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 75.04, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0761 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.189 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1016, 24.1685, 86.8555)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF2 #CCF26F

analogous

#6F8BF2 #956FF2 #D76FF2

triadic

#956FF2 #F2956F #6FF295

tetradic

#956FF2 #F26F8B #CCF26F #6FF2D7

square

#956FF2 #F26F8B #CCF26F #6FF2D7

split-complementary

#956FF2 #F2D76F #8BF26F

monochromatic

#4B13D4 #6C37ED #956FF2 #BEA7F7 #E8DFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#956FF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#956FF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF2	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3188F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C85EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.189 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f7',
    500: '#956ff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff2;
$custom-light: #b999f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.405,
    "s": 83.439,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64113,
    "c": 0.18889,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF2

secondary

#E6F1CB

accent

#E006A1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF2

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

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