#994AE1#994AE1

#994AE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.220 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AE1
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 225)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 67.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 59.72, -64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 87.54, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1242 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.22 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1732, 17.1062, 72.9845)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AE1 #92E14A

analogous

#4D4AE1 #994AE1 #E14ADD

triadic

#994AE1 #E1994A #4AE199

tetradic

#994AE1 #E14D4A #92E14A #4ADDE1

square

#994AE1 #E14D4A #92E14A #4ADDE1

split-complementary

#994AE1 #DDE14A #4AE14D

monochromatic

#5B1997 #7B22CC #994AE1 #B77EEA #D4B3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#994AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#994AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AE1

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AE1	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.220 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc82eb',
    500: '#994ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ae1;
$custom-light: #bc82eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.391,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58136,
    "c": 0.22015,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AE1

secondary

#C2E1A6

accent

#EE3990

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AE1

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

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