#996AF0#996AF0

#996AF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.194 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF0
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 240)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 55.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 47.00, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 77.06, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0871 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.194 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0151, 23.3711, 85.1401)
Luminance	0.2337 (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

#996AF0 #C1F06A

analogous

#6A7EF0 #996AF0 #DC6AF0

triadic

#996AF0 #F0996A #6AF099

tetradic

#996AF0 #F06A7E #C1F06A #6AF0DC

square

#996AF0 #F06A7E #C1F06A #6AF0DC

split-complementary

#996AF0 #F0DC6A #7EF06A

monochromatic

#5514CB #7332EA #996AF0 #BFA2F6 #E5D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996AF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#996AF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF0

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF0	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2985F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A83ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8586A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.194 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96f6',
    500: '#996af0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af0;
$custom-light: #bc96f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.045,
    "s": 81.707,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.19386,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF0

secondary

#E1F0C6

accent

#DE0793

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF0

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

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