#996AF2#996AF2

#996AF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.196 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF2
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 242)
HSL	hsl(261, 84%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 56.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 47.52, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 78.10, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0871 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.196 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3138, 23.4906, 86.7135)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AF2 #C3F26A

analogous

#6A7FF2 #996AF2 #DD6AF2

triadic

#996AF2 #F2996A #6AF299

tetradic

#996AF2 #F26A7F #C3F26A #6AF2DD

square

#996AF2 #F26A7F #C3F26A #6AF2DD

split-complementary

#996AF2 #F2DD6A #7FF26A

monochromatic

#5412CF #7232ED #996AF2 #C0A2F7 #E6DBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996AF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#996AF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF2	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2586F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3783EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8486A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.196 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96f7',
    500: '#996af2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af2;
$custom-light: #bc96f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.735,
    "s": 83.951,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.637,
    "c": 0.19628,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF2

secondary

#E2F1C7

accent

#E00595

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF2

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

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