#956FF3#956FF3

#956FF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.190 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF3
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 243)
HSL	hsl(257, 85%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 54.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 44.10, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 75.57, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0762 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.19 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2522, 24.2287, 87.6486)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF3 #CDF36F

analogous

#6F8BF3 #956FF3 #D76FF3

triadic

#956FF3 #F3956F #6FF395

tetradic

#956FF3 #F36F8B #CDF36F #6FF3D7

square

#956FF3 #F36F8B #CDF36F #6FF3D7

split-complementary

#956FF3 #F3D76F #8BF36F

monochromatic

#4A12D6 #6B37EE #956FF3 #BFA7F8 #E8E0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#956FF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#956FF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF3	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3089F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A85F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.190 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f8',
    500: '#956ff3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff3;
$custom-light: #b999f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.19014,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF3

secondary

#E7F2CC

accent

#E104A2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF3

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

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