#994DD9#994DD9

#994DD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.208 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994DD9
RGB	rgb(153, 77, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 56.45, -59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 82.02, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1217 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.208 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3124, 17.0900, 67.4394)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994DD9 #8DD94D

analogous

#534DD9 #994DD9 #D94DD3

triadic

#994DD9 #D9994D #4DD999

tetradic

#994DD9 #D9534D #8DD94D #4DD3D9

square

#994DD9 #D9534D #8DD94D #4DD3D9

split-complementary

#994DD9 #D3D94D #4DD953

monochromatic

#5B1E8D #7B29C0 #994DD9 #B67FE4 #D3B2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#994DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#994DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994DD9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994DD9	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)

#0071DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A73D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 77, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.208 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb83e5',
    500: '#994dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994dd9;
$custom-light: #bb83e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.20788,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994DD9

secondary

#BEDDA5

accent

#E8408D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994DD9

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

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