#994ED9#994ED9

#994ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.207 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994ED9
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 55.97, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 81.48, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1205 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.207 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3829, 17.2311, 67.4629)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994ED9 #8ED94E

analogous

#534ED9 #994ED9 #D94ED3

triadic

#994ED9 #D9994E #4ED999

tetradic

#994ED9 #D9534E #8ED94E #4ED3D9

square

#994ED9 #D9534E #8ED94E #4ED3D9

split-complementary

#994ED9 #D3D94E #4ED953

monochromatic

#5B1F8E #7B29C0 #994ED9 #B680E4 #D3B3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#994ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#994ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994ED9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994ED9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.207 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb84e5',
    500: '#994ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ed9;
$custom-light: #bb84e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.374,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58079,
    "c": 0.20654,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994ED9

secondary

#BFDDA6

accent

#E8408D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994ED9

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

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