#956FF4#956FF4

#956FF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.191 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF4
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 244)
HSL	hsl(257, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 54.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 44.37, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 76.10, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0762 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.191 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4037, 24.2893, 88.4461)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF4 #CEF46F

analogous

#6F8CF4 #956FF4 #D86FF4

triadic

#956FF4 #F4956F #6FF495

tetradic

#956FF4 #F46F8C #CEF46F #6FF4D8

square

#956FF4 #F46F8C #CEF46F #6FF4D8

split-complementary

#956FF4 #F4D86F #8CF46F

monochromatic

#4A11D8 #6B36F0 #956FF4 #BFA8F8 #E9E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#956FF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#956FF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF4	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E89F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3985F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.191 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f8',
    500: '#956ff4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff4;
$custom-light: #b999f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 85.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6424,
    "c": 0.19138,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF4

secondary

#E8F2CC

accent

#E203A3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF4

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

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