#994EC8#994EC8

#994EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.188 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994EC8
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 61%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 52.12, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 73.04, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1213 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.188 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2846, 16.3917, 56.4117)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994EC8 #7DC84E

analogous

#5C4EC8 #994EC8 #C84EBA

triadic

#994EC8 #C8994E #4EC899

tetradic

#994EC8 #C85C4E #7DC84E #4EBAC8

square

#994EC8 #C85C4E #7DC84E #4EBAC8

split-complementary

#994EC8 #BAC84E #4EC85C

monochromatic

#572577 #7933A5 #994EC8 #B47DD7 #CFABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#994EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#994EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994EC8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994EC8	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4072C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.188 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba83d9',
    500: '#994ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ec8;
$custom-light: #ba83d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.885,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56967,
    "c": 0.18838,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994EC8

secondary

#B3D39F

accent

#DC4C83

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #994EC8

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

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