#996AF9#996AF9

#996AF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.205 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AF9
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 249)
HSL	hsl(260, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 49.32, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 81.73, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.087 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.205 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3853, 23.9192, 92.3567)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AF9 #CAF96A

analogous

#6A83F9 #996AF9 #E06AF9

triadic

#996AF9 #F9996A #6AF999

tetradic

#996AF9 #F96A83 #CAF96A #6AF9E0

square

#996AF9 #F96A83 #CAF96A #6AF9E0

split-complementary

#996AF9 #F9E06A #83F96A

monochromatic

#5009E0 #712FF7 #996AF9 #C1A5FB #EAE0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#996AF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#996AF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AF9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AF9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1287FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C84F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8189A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996af9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.205 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96fc',
    500: '#996af9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996af9;
$custom-light: #bc96fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996af9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64156,
    "c": 0.20472,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AF9

secondary

#E6F4CB

accent

#E6009A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AF9

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

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