#996ACC#996ACC

#996ACC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.150 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ACC
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 48%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 38.07, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 58.19, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0848 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.15 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1877, 21.4401, 59.7157)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ACC #9DCC6A

analogous

#6A6CCC #996ACC #CA6ACC

triadic

#996ACC #CC996A #6ACC99

tetradic

#996ACC #CC6A6C #9DCC6A #6ACCCA

square

#996ACC #CC6A6C #9DCC6A #6ACCCA

split-complementary

#996ACC #CCCA6A #6CCC6A

monochromatic

#5C308C #7A3FB9 #996ACC #B898DC #D7C5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#996ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#996ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ACC

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ACC	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.150 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996dc',
    500: '#996acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996acc;
$custom-light: #b996dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61418,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ACC

secondary

#CADBB6

accent

#BC2976

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ACC

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

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