#996AF3#996AF3

#996AF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.197 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF3
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 243)
HSL	hsl(261, 85%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 56.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 47.77, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 78.62, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0871 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.197 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4644, 23.5508, 87.5066)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AF3 #C4F36A

analogous

#6A7FF3 #996AF3 #DD6AF3

triadic

#996AF3 #F3996A #6AF399

tetradic

#996AF3 #F36A7F #C4F36A #6AF3DD

square

#996AF3 #F36A7F #C4F36A #6AF3DD

split-complementary

#996AF3 #F3DD6A #7FF36A

monochromatic

#5311D2 #7231EE #996AF3 #C0A3F8 #E7DBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#996AF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#996AF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2386F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3683F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8387A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.197 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96f8',
    500: '#996af3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af3;
$custom-light: #bc96f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.584,
    "s": 85.093,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63765,
    "c": 0.19749,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF3

secondary

#E3F1C8

accent

#E20496

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF3

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

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