#994AD3#994AD3

#994AD3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.206 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AD3
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 211)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 56.53, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 80.66, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1255 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.206 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3411, 16.3734, 63.3354)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AD3 #84D34A

analogous

#544AD3 #994AD3 #D34AC8

triadic

#994AD3 #D3994A #4AD399

tetradic

#994AD3 #D3544A #84D34A #4AC8D3

square

#994AD3 #D3544A #84D34A #4AC8D3

split-complementary

#994AD3 #C8D34A #4AD354

monochromatic

#592083 #7A2CB4 #994AD3 #B57BDF #D0ACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#994AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#994AD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AD3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AD3	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E71D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.206 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb81e1',
    500: '#994ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ad3;
$custom-light: #bb81e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.599,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5717,
    "c": 0.20555,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AD3

secondary

#B8D9A0

accent

#E44488

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AD3

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

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