#994ED8#994ED8

#994ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.205 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994ED8
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 55.74, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 80.98, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1206 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.205 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2533, 17.1792, 66.7799)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994ED8 #8DD84E

analogous

#544ED8 #994ED8 #D84ED2

triadic

#994ED8 #D8994E #4ED899

tetradic

#994ED8 #D8544E #8DD84E #4ED2D8

square

#994ED8 #D8544E #8DD84E #4ED2D8

split-complementary

#994ED8 #D2D84E #4ED854

monochromatic

#5B1F8D #7B2ABF #994ED8 #B680E3 #D3B2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#994ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#994ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994ED8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994ED8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.205 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb84e5',
    500: '#994ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ed8;
$custom-light: #bb84e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58012,
    "c": 0.20548,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994ED8

secondary

#BEDDA5

accent

#E7418D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994ED8

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

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