#995ACE#995ACE

#995ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.177 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995ACE
RGB	rgb(153, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 47.31, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 69.10, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1063 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.177 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9313, 18.5412, 60.4879)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995ACE #8FCE5A

analogous

#5F5ACE #995ACE #CE5AC9

triadic

#995ACE #CE995A #5ACE99

tetradic

#995ACE #CE5F5A #8FCE5A #5AC9CE

square

#995ACE #CE5F5A #8FCE5A #5AC9CE

split-complementary

#995ACE #C9CE5A #5ACE5F

monochromatic

#5B2886 #7B36B5 #995ACE #B689DC #D3B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#995ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#995ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995ACE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995ACE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3075D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.177 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8bdd',
    500: '#995ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ace;
$custom-light: #ba8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.586,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59024,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995ACE

secondary

#C0D9AB

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995ACE

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

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