#994AE6#994AE6

#994AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.225 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994AE6
RGB	rgb(153, 74, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 60.87, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 89.99, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1235 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.225 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8653, 17.3831, 76.6294)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994AE6 #97E64A

analogous

#4B4AE6 #994AE6 #E64AE5

triadic

#994AE6 #E6994A #4AE699

tetradic

#994AE6 #E64B4A #97E64A #4AE5E6

square

#994AE6 #E64B4A #97E64A #4AE5E6

split-complementary

#994AE6 #E5E64A #4AE64B

monochromatic

#5C16A0 #7B1DD5 #994AE6 #B780ED #D6B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#994AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#994AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994AE6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994AE6	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 74, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.225 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc82ef',
    500: '#994ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ae6;
$custom-light: #bc82ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.385,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58493,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994AE6

secondary

#C6E4A8

accent

#F23593

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #994AE6

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

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