#996AEE#996AEE

#996AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.191 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AEE
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 46.49, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 76.02, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.087 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.191 297)
XYZ	xyz(33.7196, 23.2529, 83.5841)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AEE #BFEE6A

analogous

#6A7DEE #996AEE #DB6AEE

triadic

#996AEE #EE996A #6AEE99

tetradic

#996AEE #EE6A7D #BFEE6A #6AEEDB

square

#996AEE #EE6A7D #BFEE6A #6AEEDB

split-complementary

#996AEE #EEDB6A #7DEE6A

monochromatic

#5517C7 #7333E8 #996AEE #BFA1F4 #E4D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#996AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AEE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AEE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8585A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.191 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f4',
    500: '#996aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996aee;
$custom-light: #bb96f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.19143,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.23253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AEE

secondary

#E0EFC5

accent

#DC0A91

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AEE

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

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