#995BC9#995BC9

#995BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.170 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BC9
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 45.62, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 65.95, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1048 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.17 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4185, 18.4719, 57.3680)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BC9 #8BC95B

analogous

#625BC9 #995BC9 #C95BC2

triadic

#995BC9 #C9995B #5BC999

tetradic

#995BC9 #C9625B #8BC95B #5BC2C9

square

#995BC9 #C9625B #8BC95B #5BC2C9

split-complementary

#995BC9 #C2C95B #5BC962

monochromatic

#5A2A80 #7B39AE #995BC9 #B689D8 #D2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#995BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#995BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BC9

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BC9	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3875CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.170 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cda',
    500: '#995bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bc9;
$custom-light: #ba8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58872,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BC9

secondary

#BDD6AA

accent

#DA4E8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BC9

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

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