#995BCE#995BCE

#995BCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.176 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BCE
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 206)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 46.78, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 68.50, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.105 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.176 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0162, 18.7110, 60.5162)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BCE #90CE5B

analogous

#5F5BCE #995BCE #CE5BC9

triadic

#995BCE #CE995B #5BCE99

tetradic

#995BCE #CE5F5B #90CE5B #5BC9CE

square

#995BCE #CE5F5B #90CE5B #5BC9CE

split-complementary

#995BCE #C9CE5B #5BCE5F

monochromatic

#5B2886 #7B36B6 #995BCE #B68ADC #D4B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#995BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#995BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BCE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BCE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3276D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.176 306.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.348,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59172,
    "c": 0.17569,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BCE

secondary

#C1D9AB

accent

#DD4A8E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BCE

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

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