#956FF5#956FF5

#956FF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.193 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF5
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 245)
HSL	hsl(257, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 54.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 44.63, -62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 76.62, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0762 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.193 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5559, 24.3502, 89.2479)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF5 #CFF56F

analogous

#6F8CF5 #956FF5 #D86FF5

triadic

#956FF5 #F5956F #6FF595

tetradic

#956FF5 #F56F8C #CFF56F #6FF5D8

square

#956FF5 #F56F8C #CFF56F #6FF5D8

split-complementary

#956FF5 #F5D86F #8CF56F

monochromatic

#490FDA #6B36F1 #956FF5 #BFA8F9 #E9E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#956FF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#956FF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF5	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D89FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3885F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.193 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f9',
    500: '#956ff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff5;
$custom-light: #b999f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.015,
    "s": 87.013,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64304,
    "c": 0.19262,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF5

secondary

#E8F3CD

accent

#E402A4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF5

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

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