#994AE4#994AE4

#994AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.223 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AE4
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 60.41, -65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 89.01, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1238 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.223 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5860, 17.2714, 75.1588)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AE4 #95E44A

analogous

#4C4AE4 #994AE4 #E44AE2

triadic

#994AE4 #E4994A #4AE499

tetradic

#994AE4 #E44C4A #95E44A #4AE2E4

square

#994AE4 #E44C4A #95E44A #4AE2E4

split-complementary

#994AE4 #E2E44A #4AE44C

monochromatic

#5C179C #7B1FD2 #994AE4 #B77FEC #D5B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#994AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#994AE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AE4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AE4	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.223 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc82ed',
    500: '#994ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ae4;
$custom-light: #bc82ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.779,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.22327,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AE4

secondary

#C4E3A7

accent

#F13791

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AE4

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

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