#956FF8#956FF8

#956FF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.196 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF8
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 248)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 45.43, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 78.20, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0763 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.196 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0176, 24.5348, 91.6794)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF8 #D2F86F

analogous

#6F8EF8 #956FF8 #D96FF8

triadic

#956FF8 #F8956F #6FF895

tetradic

#956FF8 #F86F8E #D2F86F #6FF8D9

square

#956FF8 #F86F8E #D2F86F #6FF8D9

split-complementary

#956FF8 #F8D96F #8EF86F

monochromatic

#470BE2 #6A35F5 #956FF8 #C0A9FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#956FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#956FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF8	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#288AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3385F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.196 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999fb',
    500: '#956ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff8;
$custom-light: #b999fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.642,
    "s": 90.728,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64497,
    "c": 0.19635,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF8

secondary

#EAF4CF

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF8

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

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