#996AE6#996AE6

#996AE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.182 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AE6
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 44.46, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 71.84, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0868 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.182 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5703, 22.7932, 77.5311)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AE6 #B7E66A

analogous

#6A79E6 #996AE6 #D76AE6

triadic

#996AE6 #E6996A #6AE699

tetradic

#996AE6 #E66A79 #B7E66A #6AE6D7

square

#996AE6 #E66A79 #B7E66A #6AE6D7

split-complementary

#996AE6 #E6D76A #79E66A

monochromatic

#581FB7 #7536DD #996AE6 #BD9EEF #E1D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#996AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#996AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AE6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AE6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3783EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.182 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96ee',
    500: '#996ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ae6;
$custom-light: #bb96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.742,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.18169,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AE6

secondary

#DBEAC1

accent

#D3128A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AE6

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

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