#995BC8#995BC8

#995BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.169 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BC8
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 45.39, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 65.44, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1047 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.169 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3012, 18.4250, 56.7505)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BC8 #8AC85B

analogous

#625BC8 #995BC8 #C85BC1

triadic

#995BC8 #C8995B #5BC899

tetradic

#995BC8 #C8625B #8AC85B #5BC1C8

square

#995BC8 #C8625B #8AC85B #5BC1C8

split-complementary

#995BC8 #C1C85B #5BC862

monochromatic

#5A2A7E #7B3AAC #995BC8 #B689D7 #D2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#995BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#995BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BC8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BC8	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3974CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.169 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cd9',
    500: '#995bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bc8;
$custom-light: #ba8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.128,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58813,
    "c": 0.1688,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BC8

secondary

#BCD6A9

accent

#D94F8A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BC8

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

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