#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
RGBrgb(153, 106, 230)
HSLhsl(263, 71%, 66%)
HSVhsv(263, 54%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(33.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(54.86, 44.46, -56.42)
CIE-LCHlch(54.86, 71.84, 308.24°)
OKLaboklab(62.94% 0.0868 -0.1596)
OKLCHoklch(62.94% 0.182 298.5)
XYZxyz(32.5703, 22.7932, 77.5311)
Luminance0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##996AE61.003.785.565.56
#FFFFFF3.781.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5621.001.001.00
##0000005.5621.001.001.00

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

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#996AE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva