#996AF8#996AF8

#996AF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.204 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF8
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 91%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 57%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 49.06, -64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 81.21, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0871 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.204 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2298, 23.8570, 91.5375)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AF8 #C9F86A

analogous

#6A82F8 #996AF8 #E06AF8

triadic

#996AF8 #F8996A #6AF899

tetradic

#996AF8 #F86A82 #C9F86A #6AF8E0

square

#996AF8 #F86A82 #C9F86A #6AF8E0

split-complementary

#996AF8 #F8E06A #82F86A

monochromatic

#500ADD #7130F5 #996AF8 #C1A4FB #E9DFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#996AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1687FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E84F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8188A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.204 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96fb',
    500: '#996af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af8;
$custom-light: #bc96fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.859,
    "s": 91.026,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.20352,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF8

secondary

#E6F3CA

accent

#E6009A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF8

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

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