#994AD6#994AD6

#994AD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.209 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AD6
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 214)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 57.20, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 82.13, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1253 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.209 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7207, 16.5252, 65.3346)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AD6 #87D64A

analogous

#534AD6 #994AD6 #D64ACD

triadic

#994AD6 #D6994A #4AD699

tetradic

#994AD6 #D6534A #87D64A #4ACDD6

square

#994AD6 #D6534A #87D64A #4ACDD6

split-complementary

#994AD6 #CDD64A #4AD653

monochromatic

#5A1F87 #7B2AB9 #994AD6 #B57CE1 #D1AEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#994AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#994AD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AD6

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AD6	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2972D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.209 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb82e3',
    500: '#994ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ad6;
$custom-light: #bb82e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.857,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57373,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AD6

secondary

#BADBA1

accent

#E64289

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AD6

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

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