#994EE6#994EE6

#994EE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.220 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#994EE6
RGB	rgb(153, 78, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 59.00, -65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 87.92, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1194 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.22 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1409, 17.9342, 76.7213)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#994EE6 #9BE64E

analogous

#4E4FE6 #994EE6 #E54EE6

triadic

#994EE6 #E6994E #4EE699

tetradic

#994EE6 #E64E4F #9BE64E #4EE6E5

square

#994EE6 #E64E4F #9BE64E #4EE6E5

split-complementary

#994EE6 #E6E54E #4FE64E

monochromatic

#5C17A3 #7A1FD8 #994EE6 #B884EE #D7B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#994EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#994EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #994EE6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##994EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##994EE6	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0775E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #994ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 78, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.220 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc84ef',
    500: '#994ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #994ee6;
$custom-light: #bc84ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#994ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.605,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58978,
    "c": 0.22039,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#994EE6

secondary

#C8E5AB

accent

#D70E74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #994EE6

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

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