#996AE9#996AE9

#996AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.185 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AE9
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 45.22, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 73.41, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0869 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.185 298)
XYZ	xyz(32.9952, 22.9632, 79.7690)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AE9 #BAE96A

analogous

#6A7BE9 #996AE9 #D96AE9

triadic

#996AE9 #E9996A #6AE999

tetradic

#996AE9 #E96A7B #BAE96A #6AE9D9

square

#996AE9 #E96A7B #BAE96A #6AE9D9

split-complementary

#996AE9 #E9D96A #7BE96A

monochromatic

#571CBD #7435E1 #996AE9 #BE9FF1 #E2D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#996AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#996AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AE9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AE9	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3384ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.185 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f1',
    500: '#996ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ae9;
$custom-light: #bb96f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.205,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.18535,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.22964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AE9

secondary

#DDECC3

accent

#D60F8D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AE9

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

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