#966EEE#966EEE

#966EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.185 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#966EEE
RGB	rgb(150, 110, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 53.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 43.58, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 73.55, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0784 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.185 295)
XYZ	xyz(33.5822, 23.8083, 83.6985)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#966EEE #C6EE6E

analogous

#6E86EE #966EEE #D66EEE

triadic

#966EEE #EE966E #6EEE96

tetradic

#966EEE #EE6E86 #C6EE6E #6EEED6

square

#966EEE #EE6E86 #C6EE6E #6EEED6

split-complementary

#966EEE #EED66E #86EE6E

monochromatic

#4F18CA #6E37E8 #966EEE #BEA5F4 #E5DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#966EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#966EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #966EEE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##966EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##966EEE	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3587F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8188A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #966eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 110, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.185 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999f4',
    500: '#966eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #966eee;
$custom-light: #b999f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#966eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.1854,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#966EEE

secondary

#E3EFC8

accent

#DB0A9A

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #966EEE

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

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