#996AB9#996AB9

#996AB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.126 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AB9
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 185)
HSL	hsl(276, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 42.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 33.65, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 48.26, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0819 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.126 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0463, 20.5836, 48.4378)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AB9 #8AB96A

analogous

#726AB9 #996AB9 #B96AB2

triadic

#996AB9 #B9996A #6AB999

tetradic

#996AB9 #B9726A #8AB96A #6AB2B9

square

#996AB9 #B9726A #8AB96A #6AB2B9

split-complementary

#996AB9 #B2B96A #6AB972

monochromatic

#5A3673 #7B499C #996AB9 #B694CD #D2BDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#996AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#996AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AB9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AB9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.126 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b895ce',
    500: '#996ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ab9;
$custom-light: #b895ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.696,
    "s": 36.073,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6041,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AB9

secondary

#BCCFAF

accent

#CC5C89

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AB9

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

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