#996AEF#996AEF

#996AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.193 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AEF
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 46.75, -60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 76.54, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.087 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.193 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8669, 23.3118, 84.3600)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AEF #C0EF6A

analogous

#6A7DEF #996AEF #DB6AEF

triadic

#996AEF #EF996A #6AEF99

tetradic

#996AEF #EF6A7D #C0EF6A #6AEFDB

square

#996AEF #EF6A7D #C0EF6A #6AEFDB

split-complementary

#996AEF #EFDB6A #7DEF6A

monochromatic

#5516C9 #7333E9 #996AEF #BFA1F5 #E5D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#996AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#996AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AEF

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AEF	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A85F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8586A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.193 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f5',
    500: '#996aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996aef;
$custom-light: #bb96f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.19265,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AEF

secondary

#E0EFC6

accent

#DD0992

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AEF

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

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