#995AE5#995AE5

#995AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.203 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995AE5
RGB	rgb(153, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 52.79, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 80.81, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1061 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.203 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9325, 19.7417, 76.2944)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995AE5 #A6E55A

analogous

#5A61E5 #995AE5 #DE5AE5

triadic

#995AE5 #E5995A #5AE599

tetradic

#995AE5 #E55A61 #A6E55A #5AE5DE

square

#995AE5 #E55A61 #A6E55A #5AE5DE

split-complementary

#995AE5 #E5DE5A #61E55A

monochromatic

#5C1BAA #7825DD #995AE5 #BA8FED #DAC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#995AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#995AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995AE5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995AE5	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.203 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8cee',
    500: '#995ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ae5;
$custom-light: #bc8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.194,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60494,
    "c": 0.20342,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995AE5

secondary

#D0E7B4

accent

#D5117C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995AE5

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

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