#995CC8#995CC8

#995CC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.167 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995CC8
RGB	rgb(153, 92, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 54%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 44.85, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 64.84, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1034 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.167 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3873, 18.5971, 56.7792)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995CC8 #8BC85C

analogous

#635CC8 #995CC8 #C85CC1

triadic

#995CC8 #C8995C #5CC899

tetradic

#995CC8 #C8635C #8BC85C #5CC1C8

square

#995CC8 #C8635C #8BC85C #5CC1C8

split-complementary

#995CC8 #C1C85C #5CC863

monochromatic

#5A2B7F #7B3AAD #995CC8 #B68AD7 #D2B8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#995CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#995CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995CC8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995CC8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A75CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 92, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.167 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cd9',
    500: '#995cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995cc8;
$custom-light: #ba8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58963,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995CC8

secondary

#BDD6AA

accent

#D94F8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995CC8

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

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