#996ADE#996ADE

#996ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ADE
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 52.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 42.46, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 67.65, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0864 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.172 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4726, 22.3541, 71.7498)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#996ADE #AFDE6A

analogous

#6A75DE #996ADE #D36ADE

triadic

#996ADE #DE996A #6ADE99

tetradic

#996ADE #DE6A75 #AFDE6A #6ADED3

square

#996ADE #DE6A75 #AFDE6A #6ADED3

split-complementary

#996ADE #DED36A #75DE6A

monochromatic

#5A25A8 #7738D3 #996ADE #BB9CE9 #DECEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#996ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ADE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ADE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4082E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e9',
    500: '#996ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ade;
$custom-light: #ba96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62456,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ADE

secondary

#D6E6BE

accent

#CC1A84

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ADE

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

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