#996ADD#996ADD

#996ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.171 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ADD
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 52%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 42.21, -52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 67.12, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0863 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.171 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3390, 22.3007, 71.0460)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ADD #AEDD6A

analogous

#6A75DD #996ADD #D36ADD

triadic

#996ADD #DD996A #6ADD99

tetradic

#996ADD #DD6A75 #AEDD6A #6ADDD3

square

#996ADD #DD6A75 #AEDD6A #6ADDD3

split-complementary

#996ADD #DDD36A #75DD6A

monochromatic

#5B26A7 #7738D2 #996ADD #BB9CE8 #DDCEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#996ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ADD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ADD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.171 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e8',
    500: '#996add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996add;
$custom-light: #ba96e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ADD

secondary

#D5E5BD

accent

#CB1B83

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ADD

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

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