#995EC9#995EC9

#995EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.165 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995EC9
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 44.00, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 64.13, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1008 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.165 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6801, 18.9951, 57.4552)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995EC9 #8EC95E

analogous

#635EC9 #995EC9 #C95EC3

triadic

#995EC9 #C9995E #5EC999

tetradic

#995EC9 #C9635E #8EC95E #5EC3C9

square

#995EC9 #C9635E #8EC95E #5EC3C9

split-complementary

#995EC9 #C3C95E #5EC963

monochromatic

#5B2B81 #7B3BAF #995EC9 #B68CD8 #D3BAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#995EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#995EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995EC9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995EC9	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5079C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.165 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8eda',
    500: '#995ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ec9;
$custom-light: #ba8eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.084,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59327,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995EC9

secondary

#BFD7AC

accent

#D94F8D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995EC9

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

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