#995CC9#995CC9

#995CC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.168 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995CC9
RGB	rgb(153, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 45.08, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 65.35, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1034 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.168 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5045, 18.6440, 57.3967)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995CC9 #8CC95C

analogous

#635CC9 #995CC9 #C95CC2

triadic

#995CC9 #C9995C #5CC999

tetradic

#995CC9 #C9635C #8CC95C #5CC2C9

square

#995CC9 #C9635C #8CC95C #5CC2C9

split-complementary

#995CC9 #C2C95C #5CC963

monochromatic

#5A2A80 #7B3AAE #995CC9 #B68AD8 #D3B8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#995CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#995CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995CC9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995CC9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3975CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.168 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cda',
    500: '#995cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995cc9;
$custom-light: #ba8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.578,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.1684,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995CC9

secondary

#BED6AA

accent

#DA4E8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995CC9

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

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