#996AE7#996AE7

#996AE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.183 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AE7
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 44.72, -56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 72.36, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0868 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.183 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7112, 22.8495, 78.2728)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AE7 #B8E76A

analogous

#6A79E7 #996AE7 #D76AE7

triadic

#996AE7 #E7996A #6AE799

tetradic

#996AE7 #E76A79 #B8E76A #6AE7D7

square

#996AE7 #E76A79 #B8E76A #6AE7D7

split-complementary

#996AE7 #E7D76A #79E76A

monochromatic

#581EB9 #7535DF #996AE7 #BD9FEF #E1D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#996AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#996AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AE7

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AE7	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3684EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.183 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96ef',
    500: '#996ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ae7;
$custom-light: #bb96ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.56,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.18291,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AE7

secondary

#DBEBC2

accent

#D4118B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AE7

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

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