#996AE5#996AE5

#996AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.180 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AE5
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 44.21, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 71.32, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0868 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.18 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4303, 22.7372, 76.7937)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AE5 #B6E56A

analogous

#6A78E5 #996AE5 #D76AE5

triadic

#996AE5 #E5996A #6AE599

tetradic

#996AE5 #E56A78 #B6E56A #6AE5D7

square

#996AE5 #E56A78 #B6E56A #6AE5D7

split-complementary

#996AE5 #E5D76A #78E56A

monochromatic

#5920B5 #7536DC #996AE5 #BD9EEE #E0D2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#996AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#996AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AE5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AE5	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3883E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89829D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.180 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96ee',
    500: '#996ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ae5;
$custom-light: #bb96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.927,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.18046,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AE5

secondary

#DAEAC1

accent

#D21389

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AE5

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

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