#995ED8#995ED8

#995ED8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.183 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995ED8
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 56.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 47.54, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 71.83, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1014 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.183 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5315, 19.7357, 67.2060)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995ED8 #9DD85E

analogous

#5E60D8 #995ED8 #D65ED8

triadic

#995ED8 #D8995E #5ED899

tetradic

#995ED8 #D85E60 #9DD85E #5ED8D6

square

#995ED8 #D85E60 #9DD85E #5ED8D6

split-complementary

#995ED8 #D8D65E #60D85E

monochromatic

#5C2597 #7A31C8 #995ED8 #B88FE4 #D7C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#995ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#995ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995ED8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995ED8	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C79DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.183 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ee5',
    500: '#995ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ed8;
$custom-light: #ba8ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.016,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60233,
    "c": 0.18275,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995ED8

secondary

#CAE0B2

accent

#C91D76

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995ED8

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

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