#996AE8#996AE8

#996AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.184 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AE8
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 44.97, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 72.88, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0869 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.184 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8528, 22.9062, 79.0188)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AE8 #B9E86A

analogous

#6A7AE8 #996AE8 #D86AE8

triadic

#996AE8 #E8996A #6AE899

tetradic

#996AE8 #E86A7A #B9E86A #6AE8D8

square

#996AE8 #E86A7A #B9E86A #6AE8D8

split-complementary

#996AE8 #E8D86A #7AE86A

monochromatic

#581DBB #7535E0 #996AE8 #BD9FF0 #E2D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#996AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#996AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AE8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AE8	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3484EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.184 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f0',
    500: '#996ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ae8;
$custom-light: #bb96f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.381,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63067,
    "c": 0.18413,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AE8

secondary

#DCEBC2

accent

#D5108C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AE8

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

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