#995ad8

Color #995ad8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#995ad8

RGB

rgb(153, 90, 216)

HSL

hsl(270, 61.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 58.3%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.2%, 58.3%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(50.74, 49.66, -55.12)

LCH

lch(50.74, 74.19, 312.02)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1887, 304.33)

HWB

hwb(270, 35.3%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99d85a

Analogous

#5a5ad8

#995ad8

#d85ad8

Triadic

#995ad8

#d8995a

#5ad899

Split-complementary

#995ad8

#d8d85a

#5ad85a

Tetradic

#995ad8

#d85a99

#99d85a

#5ad899

Square

#995ad8

#d85a5a

#99d85a

#5ad8d8

Shades

Color #995ad8 mixed toward black.

#8031ce

#6627a5

#4d1d7c

#331353

#190a29

Tints

Color #995ad8 mixed toward white.

#aa75df

#bb91e5

#ccacec

#ddc8f2

#eee3f9

Tones

Color #995ad8 mixed toward gray.

#9964ce

#996fc3

#9979b9

#9984ae

#998ea4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282c3 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#868abd · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#97b0ab · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #995ad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#995ad8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#995ad8 (#995ad8) is rgb(153, 90, 216) in RGB.

No, #995ad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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