#996ABA#996ABA

#996ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.127 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ABA
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 186)
HSL	hsl(275, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 43%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, 33.88, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 48.78, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.0821 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.127 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1522, 20.6259, 48.9957)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ABA #8BBA6A

analogous

#716ABA #996ABA #BA6AB3

triadic

#996ABA #BA996A #6ABA99

tetradic

#996ABA #BA716A #8BBA6A #6AB3BA

square

#996ABA #BA716A #8BBA6A #6AB3BA

split-complementary

#996ABA #B3BA6A #6ABA71

monochromatic

#5A3674 #7B499E #996ABA #B694CD #D2BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#996ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#996ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ABA

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ABA	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.127 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b895cf',
    500: '#996aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996aba;
$custom-light: #b895cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60461,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ABA

secondary

#BDD0B0

accent

#CD5B8A

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ABA

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

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