#995EE5#995EE5

#995EE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.198 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995EE5
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 50.70, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 78.50, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1014 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.198 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2791, 20.4347, 76.4099)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995EE5 #AAE55E

analogous

#5E66E5 #995EE5 #DC5EE5

triadic

#995EE5 #E5995E #5EE599

tetradic

#995EE5 #E55E66 #AAE55E #5EE5DC

square

#995EE5 #E55E66 #AAE55E #5EE5DC

split-complementary

#995EE5 #E5DC5E #66E55E

monochromatic

#5B1CAD #7829DC #995EE5 #BA93EE #DCC7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#995EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#995EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995EE5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995EE5	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.198 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8eee',
    500: '#995ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995ee5;
$custom-light: #bb8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.222,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61063,
    "c": 0.19783,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995EE5

secondary

#D2E7B7

accent

#D4117F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #995EE5

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

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