#995BCD#995BCD

#995BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.175 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BCD
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 46.54, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 67.99, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1049 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.175 307)
XYZ	xyz(27.8951, 18.6625, 59.8785)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BCD #8FCD5B

analogous

#605BCD #995BCD #CD5BC8

triadic

#995BCD #CD995B #5BCD99

tetradic

#995BCD #CD605B #8FCD5B #5BC8CD

square

#995BCD #CD605B #8FCD5B #5BC8CD

split-complementary

#995BCD #C8CD5B #5BCD60

monochromatic

#5B2985 #7B37B4 #995BCD #B68ADB #D3B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#995BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#995BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BCD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BCD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.175 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cdd',
    500: '#995bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bcd;
$custom-light: #ba8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59112,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.18662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BCD

secondary

#C0D9AB

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BCD

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

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