#996AF4#996AF4

#996AF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.199 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF4
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 244)
HSL	hsl(260, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 56.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 48.03, -62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 79.14, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0871 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.199 296)
XYZ	xyz(34.6158, 23.6114, 88.3041)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AF4 #C5F46A

analogous

#6A80F4 #996AF4 #DE6AF4

triadic

#996AF4 #F4996A #6AF499

tetradic

#996AF4 #F46A80 #C5F46A #6AF4DE

square

#996AF4 #F46A80 #C5F46A #6AF4DE

split-complementary

#996AF4 #F4DE6A #80F46A

monochromatic

#5310D4 #7231F0 #996AF4 #C0A3F8 #E7DCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#996AF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#996AF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2186F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3484F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8387A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.199 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96f8',
    500: '#996af4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af4;
$custom-light: #bc96f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.435,
    "s": 86.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.19869,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF4

secondary

#E3F1C8

accent

#E30396

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF4

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

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