#994AE3#994AE3

#994AE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.222 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AE3
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 227)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 60.18, -64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 88.52, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1239 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.222 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4476, 17.2160, 74.4298)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AE3 #94E34A

analogous

#4D4AE3 #994AE3 #E34AE1

triadic

#994AE3 #E3994A #4AE399

tetradic

#994AE3 #E34D4A #94E34A #4AE1E3

square

#994AE3 #E34D4A #94E34A #4AE1E3

split-complementary

#994AE3 #E1E34A #4AE34D

monochromatic

#5B189B #7B20D0 #994AE3 #B77FEB #D5B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#994AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#994AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AE3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AE3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0373E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.222 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc82ed',
    500: '#994ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ae3;
$custom-light: #bc82ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.98,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58278,
    "c": 0.22223,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AE3

secondary

#C3E2A6

accent

#F03891

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AE3

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

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