#995AE1#995AE1

#995AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.199 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995AE1
RGB	rgb(153, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 51.82, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 78.78, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1062 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.199 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3805, 19.5208, 73.3869)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995AE1 #A2E15A

analogous

#5A5FE1 #995AE1 #DD5AE1

triadic

#995AE1 #E1995A #5AE199

tetradic

#995AE1 #E15A5F #A2E15A #5AE1DD

square

#995AE1 #E15A5F #A2E15A #5AE1DD

split-complementary

#995AE1 #E1DD5A #5FE15A

monochromatic

#5C1EA3 #7927D7 #995AE1 #B98EEA #D9C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#995AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#995AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995AE1

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995AE1	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0679E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.199 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8beb',
    500: '#995ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ae1;
$custom-light: #bb8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60229,
    "c": 0.19888,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995AE1

secondary

#CDE4B2

accent

#D11479

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995AE1

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

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