#996AEB#996AEB

#996AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.188 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AEB
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 45.73, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 74.45, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.087 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.188 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2826, 23.0781, 81.2822)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AEB #BCEB6A

analogous

#6A7CEB #996AEB #D96AEB

triadic

#996AEB #EB996A #6AEB99

tetradic

#996AEB #EB6A7C #BCEB6A #6AEBD9

square

#996AEB #EB6A7C #BCEB6A #6AEBD9

split-complementary

#996AEB #EBD96A #7CEB6A

monochromatic

#571AC1 #7434E4 #996AEB #BEA0F2 #E3D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#996AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#996AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AEB

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AEB	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3084EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4083E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8784A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.188 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f2',
    500: '#996aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996aeb;
$custom-light: #bb96f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.86,
    "s": 76.331,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63255,
    "c": 0.18779,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AEB

secondary

#DEEDC4

accent

#D90D8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AEB

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

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