#996ADA#996ADA

#996ADA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.167 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ADA
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 51.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 41.47, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 65.55, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0861 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.167 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9429, 22.1422, 68.9598)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ADA #ABDA6A

analogous

#6A73DA #996ADA #D16ADA

triadic

#996ADA #DA996A #6ADA99

tetradic

#996ADA #DA6A73 #ABDA6A #6ADAD1

square

#996ADA #DA6A73 #ABDA6A #6ADAD1

split-complementary

#996ADA #DAD16A #73DA6A

monochromatic

#5B28A1 #7739CE #996ADA #BB9BE6 #DCCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#996ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#996ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ADA

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ADA	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4381DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.167 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e6',
    500: '#996ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ada;
$custom-light: #ba96e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62219,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ADA

secondary

#D3E4BC

accent

#C81E80

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ADA

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

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