#994AD5#994AD5

#994AD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.208 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AD5
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 213)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 56.98, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 81.64, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1253 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.208 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5934, 16.4743, 64.6641)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AD5 #86D54A

analogous

#544AD5 #994AD5 #D54ACC

triadic

#994AD5 #D5994A #4AD599

tetradic

#994AD5 #D5544A #86D54A #4ACCD5

square

#994AD5 #D5544A #86D54A #4ACCD5

split-complementary

#994AD5 #CCD54A #4AD554

monochromatic

#591F86 #7B2BB7 #994AD5 #B57CE1 #D1ADEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#994AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#994AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AD5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AD5	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.208 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb81e3',
    500: '#994ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ad5;
$custom-light: #bb81e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.101,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57305,
    "c": 0.20763,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AD5

secondary

#B9DAA1

accent

#E54289

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AD5

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

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