#995BD3#995BD3

#995BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.181 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD3
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 47.95, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 71.06, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1051 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.181 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6333, 18.9578, 63.7662)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD3 #95D35B

analogous

#5D5BD3 #995BD3 #D35BD1

triadic

#995BD3 #D3995B #5BD399

tetradic

#995BD3 #D35D5B #95D35B #5BD1D3

square

#995BD3 #D35D5B #95D35B #5BD1D3

split-complementary

#995BD3 #D1D35B #5BD35D

monochromatic

#5C268E #7B33BE #995BD3 #B78BE0 #D5BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#995BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#995BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD3	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C77D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4479D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.181 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce1',
    500: '#995bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd3;
$custom-light: #ba8ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59479,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD3

secondary

#C4DCAD

accent

#E14791

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD3

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

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