#995EEE#995EEE

#995EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.208 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995EEE
RGB	rgb(153, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 52.92, -64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 83.09, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1011 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.208 299)
XYZ	xyz(32.5684, 20.9504, 83.2003)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995EEE #B3EE5E

analogous

#5E6BEE #995EEE #E15EEE

triadic

#995EEE #EE995E #5EEE99

tetradic

#995EEE #EE5E6B #B3EE5E #5EEEE1

square

#995EEE #EE5E6B #B3EE5E #5EEEE1

split-complementary

#995EEE #EEE15E #6BEE5E

monochromatic

#5914BE #7627E8 #995EEE #BC95F4 #DFCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#995EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#995EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995EEE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995EEE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.208 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ef4',
    500: '#995eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995eee;
$custom-light: #bc8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.583,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.20821,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995EEE

secondary

#D8ECBB

accent

#DD0886

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #995EEE

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

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