#994ED3#994ED3

#994ED3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.200 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994ED3
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 211)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 63%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 54.59, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 78.50, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1209 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.2 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6167, 16.9246, 63.4273)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994ED3 #88D34E

analogous

#574ED3 #994ED3 #D34ECA

triadic

#994ED3 #D3994E #4ED399

tetradic

#994ED3 #D3574E #88D34E #4ECAD3

square

#994ED3 #D3574E #88D34E #4ECAD3

split-complementary

#994ED3 #CAD34E #4ED357

monochromatic

#5A2185 #7B2DB6 #994ED3 #B57FDF #D1B0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#994ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#994ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994ED3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994ED3	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3473D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.200 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb84e1',
    500: '#994ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ed3;
$custom-light: #bb84e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.835,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57678,
    "c": 0.20014,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994ED3

secondary

#BBDAA3

accent

#E3448A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #994ED3

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

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