#995BD5#995BD5

#995BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.184 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD5
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 48.42, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 72.08, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1051 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.184 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8856, 19.0587, 65.0948)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD5 #97D55B

analogous

#5C5BD5 #995BD5 #D55BD4

triadic

#995BD5 #D5995B #5BD599

tetradic

#995BD5 #D55C5B #97D55B #5BD4D5

square

#995BD5 #D55C5B #97D55B #5BD4D5

split-complementary

#995BD5 #D4D55B #5BD55C

monochromatic

#5C2591 #7B32C1 #995BD5 #B78CE1 #D6BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#995BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#995BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD5	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2977D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.184 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce2',
    500: '#995bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd5;
$custom-light: #ba8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.18373,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD5

secondary

#C6DEAE

accent

#E24593

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD5

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

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