#995CC5#995CC5

#995CC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.164 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995CC5
RGB	rgb(153, 92, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 44.16, -45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 63.31, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1032 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.164 309)
XYZ	xyz(27.0401, 18.4582, 54.9508)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995CC5 #88C55C

analogous

#655CC5 #995CC5 #C55CBD

triadic

#995CC5 #C5995C #5CC599

tetradic

#995CC5 #C5655C #88C55C #5CBDC5

square

#995CC5 #C5655C #88C55C #5CBDC5

split-complementary

#995CC5 #BDC55C #5CC565

monochromatic

#5A2C7B #7B3CA8 #995CC5 #B589D5 #D1B6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#995CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#995CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995CC5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995CC5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D74C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5178C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 92, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.164 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cd7',
    500: '#995cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995cc5;
$custom-light: #b98cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58788,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.18458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995CC5

secondary

#BBD4A9

accent

#D75189

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995CC5

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

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