#995BE5#995BE5

#995BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.202 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BE5
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 52.27, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 80.24, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1049 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.202 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0175, 19.9115, 76.3227)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BE5 #A7E55B

analogous

#5B62E5 #995BE5 #DE5BE5

triadic

#995BE5 #E5995B #5BE599

tetradic

#995BE5 #E55B62 #A7E55B #5BE5DE

square

#995BE5 #E55B62 #A7E55B #5BE5DE

split-complementary

#995BE5 #E5DE5B #62E55B

monochromatic

#5C1BAB #7826DD #995BE5 #BA90ED #DBC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#995BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#995BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BE5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BE5	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.202 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8cee',
    500: '#995be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995be5;
$custom-light: #bc8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.20204,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BE5

secondary

#D0E7B5

accent

#D5117D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BE5

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

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