#995BB9#995BB9

#995BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.152 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BB9
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 42.00, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 57.84, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1035 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.152 313)
XYZ	xyz(25.6334, 17.7579, 47.9668)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BB9 #7BB95B

analogous

#6A5BB9 #995BB9 #B95BAA

triadic

#995BB9 #B9995B #5BB999

tetradic

#995BB9 #B96A5B #7BB95B #5BAAB9

square

#995BB9 #B96A5B #7BB95B #5BAAB9

split-complementary

#995BB9 #AAB95B #5BB96A

monochromatic

#572E6C #794097 #995BB9 #B486CB #CEB1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#995BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#995BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #995BB9

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##995BB9	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4572BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5876B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.152 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98bce',
    500: '#995bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bb9;
$custom-light: #b98bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57955,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BB9

secondary

#B2CCA4

accent

#D05881

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BB9

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

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