#995BD1#995BD1

#995BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.179 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD1
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 209)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 47.48, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 70.03, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1051 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.179 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3841, 18.8582, 62.4539)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD1 #93D15B

analogous

#5E5BD1 #995BD1 #D15BCE

triadic

#995BD1 #D1995B #5BD199

tetradic

#995BD1 #D15E5B #93D15B #5BCED1

square

#995BD1 #D15E5B #93D15B #5BCED1

split-complementary

#995BD1 #CED15B #5BD15E

monochromatic

#5B278B #7B34BA #995BD1 #B78BDE #D4BBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#995BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#995BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD1

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD1	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F76D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4679CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.179 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce0',
    500: '#995bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd1;
$custom-light: #ba8ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59355,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD1

secondary

#C3DBAD

accent

#DF4890

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD1

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

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