#996ABC#996ABC

#996ABC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.130 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ABC
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 43.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 34.33, -36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 49.82, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0824 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.13 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3663, 20.7116, 50.1233)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ABC #8DBC6A

analogous

#706ABC #996ABC #BC6AB6

triadic

#996ABC #BC996A #6ABC99

tetradic

#996ABC #BC706A #8DBC6A #6AB6BC

square

#996ABC #BC706A #8DBC6A #6AB6BC

split-complementary

#996ABC #B6BC6A #6ABC70

monochromatic

#5B3576 #7B48A1 #996ABC #B694CF #D3BEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#996ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#996ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ABC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ABC	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95778A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.130 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b895d0',
    500: '#996abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996abc;
$custom-light: #b895d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.39,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ABC

secondary

#BED1B0

accent

#CE5A8B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ABC

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

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