#995BD9#995BD9

#995BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.188 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BD9
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 49.37, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 74.12, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1052 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.188 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3995, 19.2643, 67.8017)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BD9 #9BD95B

analogous

#5B5CD9 #995BD9 #D85BD9

triadic

#995BD9 #D9995B #5BD999

tetradic

#995BD9 #D95B5C #9BD95B #5BD9D8

square

#995BD9 #D95B5C #9BD95B #5BD9D8

split-complementary

#995BD9 #D9D85B #5CD95B

monochromatic

#5C2397 #7A2EC8 #995BD9 #B88DE5 #D7BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#995BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#995BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BD9

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BD9	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2378DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.188 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ce5',
    500: '#995bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bd9;
$custom-light: #bb8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59855,
    "c": 0.18832,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BD9

secondary

#C8E0B0

accent

#CA1B74

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BD9

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

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