#996AEA#996AEA

#996AEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.187 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AEA
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 45.48, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 73.93, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0869 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.187 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1385, 23.0205, 80.5234)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AEA #BBEA6A

analogous

#6A7BEA #996AEA #D96AEA

triadic

#996AEA #EA996A #6AEA99

tetradic

#996AEA #EA6A7B #BBEA6A #6AEAD9

square

#996AEA #EA6A7B #BBEA6A #6AEAD9

split-complementary

#996AEA #EAD96A #7BEA6A

monochromatic

#571BBF #7434E2 #996AEA #BEA0F2 #E2D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#996AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#996AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AEA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AEA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3284EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8784A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.187 297.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.031,
    "s": 75.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63192,
    "c": 0.18657,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AEA

secondary

#DDEDC3

accent

#D70E8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AEA

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

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