#996AFA#996AFA

#996AFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.206 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AFA
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 250)
HSL	hsl(260, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 49.58, -65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 82.25, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.087 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.206 295)
XYZ	xyz(35.5417, 23.9817, 93.1803)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AFA #CBFA6A

analogous

#6A83FA #996AFA #E16AFA

triadic

#996AFA #FA996A #6AFA99

tetradic

#996AFA #FA6A83 #CBFA6A #6AFAE1

square

#996AFA #FA6A83 #CBFA6A #6AFAE1

split-complementary

#996AFA #FAE16A #83FA6A

monochromatic

#4F08E2 #702FF8 #996AFA #C2A5FC #EAE0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#996AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#996AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AFA

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AFA	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E88FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A84F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8189A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.206 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96fd',
    500: '#996afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996afa;
$custom-light: #bc96fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.583,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64222,
    "c": 0.20591,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AFA

secondary

#E7F4CC

accent

#E6009B

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AFA

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

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