#995EA1#995EA1

#995EA1 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.120 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995EA1
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 161)
HSL	hsl(293, 26%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 42%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 41.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 35.26, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 44.11, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.0951 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.12 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5719, 17.3518, 35.8189)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995EA1 #66A15E

analogous

#785EA1 #995EA1 #A15E87

triadic

#995EA1 #A1995E #5EA199

tetradic

#995EA1 #A1785E #66A15E #5E87A1

square

#995EA1 #A1785E #66A15E #5E87A1

split-complementary

#995EA1 #87A15E #5EA178

monochromatic

#503154 #74477A #995EA1 #B185B8 #CAABCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#995EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#995EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #995EA1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##995EA1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.120 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dbd',
    500: '#995ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ea1;
$custom-light: #b88dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 26.275,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57207,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995EA1

secondary

#A2BC9E

accent

#C36570

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #995EA1

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

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