#995BD4#995BD4

#995BD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.183 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD4
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 48.19, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 71.57, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1051 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.183 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7591, 19.0081, 64.4284)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD4 #96D45B

analogous

#5D5BD4 #995BD4 #D45BD2

triadic

#995BD4 #D4995B #5BD499

tetradic

#995BD4 #D45D5B #96D45B #5BD2D4

square

#995BD4 #D45D5B #96D45B #5BD2D4

split-complementary

#995BD4 #D2D45B #5BD45D

monochromatic

#5C268F #7B32C0 #995BD4 #B78BE1 #D5BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#995BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#995BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.183 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce2',
    500: '#995bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd4;
$custom-light: #ba8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.744,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59541,
    "c": 0.18258,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD4

secondary

#C5DDAE

accent

#E24692

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD4

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

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