#995BD8#995BD8

#995BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.187 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD8
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 57.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 49.14, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 73.61, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1052 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.187 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2699, 19.2124, 67.1188)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD8 #9AD85B

analogous

#5B5CD8 #995BD8 #D75BD8

triadic

#995BD8 #D8995B #5BD899

tetradic

#995BD8 #D85B5C #9AD85B #5BD8D7

square

#995BD8 #D85B5C #9AD85B #5BD8D7

split-complementary

#995BD8 #D8D75B #5CD85B

monochromatic

#5C2395 #7A2FC7 #995BD8 #B88CE4 #D7BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#995BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#995BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD8

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD8	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4079D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.187 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ce5',
    500: '#995bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd8;
$custom-light: #bb8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.76,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59792,
    "c": 0.18717,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD8

secondary

#C8DFAF

accent

#C91C73

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD8

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

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