#996ABE#996ABE

#996ABE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.132 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ABE
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 34.79, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 50.86, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.0828 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.132 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5834, 20.7984, 51.2666)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ABE #8FBE6A

analogous

#6F6ABE #996ABE #BE6AB9

triadic

#996ABE #BE996A #6ABE99

tetradic

#996ABE #BE6F6A #8FBE6A #6AB9BE

square

#996ABE #BE6F6A #8FBE6A #6AB9BE

split-complementary

#996ABE #B9BE6A #6ABE6F

monochromatic

#5B3579 #7B47A3 #996ABE #B695D1 #D3BFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#996ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#996ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ABE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ABE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.132 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b995d2',
    500: '#996abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996abe;
$custom-light: #b995d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60666,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ABE

secondary

#C0D3B1

accent

#CF598D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ABE

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

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