#995ED5#995ED5

#995ED5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.179 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995ED5
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 46.83, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 70.29, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1014 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.179 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1472, 19.5819, 65.1820)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995ED5 #9AD55E

analogous

#5E5ED5 #995ED5 #D55ED5

triadic

#995ED5 #D5995E #5ED599

tetradic

#995ED5 #D55E5E #9AD55E #5ED5D5

square

#995ED5 #D55E5E #9AD55E #5ED5D5

split-complementary

#995ED5 #D5D55E #5ED55E

monochromatic

#5C2692 #7A33C3 #995ED5 #B88FE2 #D7BFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#995ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#995ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995ED5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995ED5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.179 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ee2',
    500: '#995ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ed5;
$custom-light: #ba8ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995ED5

secondary

#C8DEB1

accent

#C61F73

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995ED5

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

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