#995AEE#995AEE

#995AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.214 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995AEE
RGB	rgb(153, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 54.99, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 85.37, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1056 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.214 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2219, 20.2574, 83.0848)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995AEE #AFEE5A

analogous

#5A65EE #995AEE #E35AEE

triadic

#995AEE #EE995A #5AEE99

tetradic

#995AEE #EE5A65 #AFEE5A #5AEEE3

square

#995AEE #EE5A65 #AFEE5A #5AEEE3

split-complementary

#995AEE #EEE35A #65EE5A

monochromatic

#5A13BA #7723E8 #995AEE #BB91F4 #DEC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#995AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#995AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995AEE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995AEE	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A7BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.214 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8cf4',
    500: '#995aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995aee;
$custom-light: #bc8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.541,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61102,
    "c": 0.21359,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995AEE

secondary

#D6ECB8

accent

#DE0883

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #995AEE

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

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