#994AD8#994AD8

#994AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.211 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AD8
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 57.66, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 83.12, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1251 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.211 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9777, 16.6280, 66.6881)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AD8 #89D84A

analogous

#524AD8 #994AD8 #D84AD0

triadic

#994AD8 #D8994A #4AD899

tetradic

#994AD8 #D8524A #89D84A #4AD0D8

square

#994AD8 #D8524A #89D84A #4AD0D8

split-complementary

#994AD8 #D0D84A #4AD852

monochromatic

#5A1E8A #7B29BC #994AD8 #B57CE3 #D2AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#994AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#994AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AD8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AD8	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2672D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.211 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc82e5',
    500: '#994ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ad8;
$custom-light: #bc82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.38,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5751,
    "c": 0.21076,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AD8

secondary

#BCDCA2

accent

#E8408A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AD8

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

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