#9966EE#9966EE

#9966EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.197 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9966EE
RGB	rgb(153, 102, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 57.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 48.67, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 78.41, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0918 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.197 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3170, 22.4476, 83.4499)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9966EE #BBEE66

analogous

#6677EE #9966EE #DD66EE

triadic

#9966EE #EE9966 #66EE99

tetradic

#9966EE #EE6677 #BBEE66 #66EEDD

square

#9966EE #EE6677 #BBEE66 #66EEDD

split-complementary

#9966EE #EEDD66 #77EE66

monochromatic

#5716C4 #742FE8 #9966EE #BE9DF4 #E2D4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#9966EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#9966EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9966EE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9966EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9966EE	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E83F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3681EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8682A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9966ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 102, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.197 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc93f4',
    500: '#9966ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9966ee;
$custom-light: #bc93f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9966ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62832,
    "c": 0.19712,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9966EE

secondary

#DDEEC2

accent

#DC098D

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F1FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9966EE

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

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