#996AEC#996AEC

#996AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.189 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AEC
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 45.98, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 74.97, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.087 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.189 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4274, 23.1360, 82.0452)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AEC #BDEC6A

analogous

#6A7CEC #996AEC #DA6AEC

triadic

#996AEC #EC996A #6AEC99

tetradic

#996AEC #EC6A7C #BDEC6A #6AECDA

square

#996AEC #EC6A7C #BDEC6A #6AECDA

split-complementary

#996AEC #ECDA6A #7CEC6A

monochromatic

#5619C3 #7434E5 #996AEC #BEA0F3 #E3D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#996AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#996AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AEC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AEC	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F85F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F83E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8685A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.189 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f3',
    500: '#996aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996aec;
$custom-light: #bb96f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.692,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63318,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AEC

secondary

#DFEEC4

accent

#DA0C8F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AEC

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

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