#956FF9#956FF9

#956FF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.198 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956FF9
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 249)
HSL	hsl(257, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 55.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 45.69, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 78.72, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0763 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.198 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1731, 24.5971, 92.4987)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956FF9 #D3F96F

analogous

#6F8EF9 #956FF9 #DA6FF9

triadic

#956FF9 #F9956F #6FF995

tetradic

#956FF9 #F96F8E #D3F96F #6FF9DA

square

#956FF9 #F96F8E #D3F96F #6FF9DA

split-complementary

#956FF9 #F9DA6F #8EF96F

monochromatic

#460AE4 #6A34F7 #956FF9 #C0AAFB #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#956FF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#956FF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956FF9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956FF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956FF9	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#268AFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3185F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956ff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.198 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99fc',
    500: '#956ff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956ff9;
$custom-light: #ba99fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956ff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64562,
    "c": 0.19759,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956FF9

secondary

#EAF5CF

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #956FF9

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

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