#995BDD#995BDD

#995BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.193 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BDD
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 50.33, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 76.16, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1051 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.193 303)
XYZ	xyz(29.9261, 19.4749, 70.5750)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BDD #9FDD5B

analogous

#5B5EDD #995BDD #DA5BDD

triadic

#995BDD #DD995B #5BDD99

tetradic

#995BDD #DD5B5E #9FDD5B #5BDDDA

square

#995BDD #DD5B5E #9FDD5B #5BDDDA

split-complementary

#995BDD #DDDA5B #5EDD5B

monochromatic

#5C219D #7A2BD0 #995BDD #B98EE8 #D8C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#995BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#995BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BDD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BDD	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.193 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ce8',
    500: '#995bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bdd;
$custom-light: #bb8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60111,
    "c": 0.1929,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.19475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BDD

secondary

#CBE2B1

accent

#CE1877

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BDD

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

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