#996AED#996AED

#996AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.190 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AED
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 237)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 46.24, -59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 75.49, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.087 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.19 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5731, 23.1943, 82.8125)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AED #BEED6A

analogous

#6A7CED #996AED #DB6AED

triadic

#996AED #ED996A #6AED99

tetradic

#996AED #ED6A7C #BEED6A #6AEDDB

square

#996AED #ED6A7C #BEED6A #6AEDDB

split-complementary

#996AED #EDDB6A #7CED6A

monochromatic

#5618C5 #7433E6 #996AED #BEA1F4 #E4D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#996AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AED

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AED	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D85F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8685A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.190 297.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.527,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63381,
    "c": 0.19023,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AED

secondary

#DFEEC5

accent

#DB0B90

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AED

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

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