#996ACE#996ACE

#996ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.152 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ACE
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 38.55, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 59.24, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.085 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.152 304)
XYZ	xyz(29.4291, 21.5367, 60.9872)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#996ACE #9FCE6A

analogous

#6A6DCE #996ACE #CB6ACE

triadic

#996ACE #CE996A #6ACE99

tetradic

#996ACE #CE6A6D #9FCE6A #6ACECB

square

#996ACE #CE6A6D #9FCE6A #6ACECB

split-complementary

#996ACE #CECB6A #6DCE6A

monochromatic

#5C2F8F #7A3EBD #996ACE #B998DD #D8C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#996ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#996ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ACE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ACE	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.152 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996dd',
    500: '#996ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ace;
$custom-light: #b996dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.2,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.21537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ACE

secondary

#CBDDB7

accent

#BE2877

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ACE

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

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