#994EE3#994EE3

#994EE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.217 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994EE3
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 227)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 58.29, -63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 86.43, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.1197 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.217 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7232, 17.7672, 74.5217)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994EE3 #98E34E

analogous

#4E4EE3 #994EE3 #E34EE3

triadic

#994EE3 #E3994E #4EE399

tetradic

#994EE3 #E34E4E #98E34E #4EE3E3

square

#994EE3 #E34E4E #98E34E #4EE3E3

split-complementary

#994EE3 #E3E34E #4EE34E

monochromatic

#5C199E #7A21D3 #994EE3 #B783EB #D6B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#994EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#994EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #994EE3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##994EE3	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1575E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.217 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc84ed',
    500: '#994ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ee3;
$custom-light: #bc84ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.201,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58767,
    "c": 0.2172,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994EE3

secondary

#C6E3AA

accent

#EF3893

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #994EE3

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

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