#995BE9#995BE9

#995BE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.207 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BE9
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 53.25, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 82.27, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1048 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.207 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5824, 20.1375, 79.2980)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BE9 #ABE95B

analogous

#5B64E9 #995BE9 #E05BE9

triadic

#995BE9 #E9995B #5BE999

tetradic

#995BE9 #E95B64 #ABE95B #5BE9E0

square

#995BE9 #E95B64 #ABE95B #5BE9E0

split-complementary

#995BE9 #E9E05B #64E95B

monochromatic

#5B18B2 #7725E2 #995BE9 #BB91F0 #DCC7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#995BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#995BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BE9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BE9	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.207 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8cf1',
    500: '#995be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995be9;
$custom-light: #bc8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60901,
    "c": 0.20658,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BE9

secondary

#D3E9B7

accent

#D90D80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BE9

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

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