#996AFB#996AFB

#996AFB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.207 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AFB
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 251)
HSL	hsl(259, 95%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 57.8%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 49.84, -66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 82.76, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.087 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.207 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6989, 24.0446, 94.0083)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AFB #CCFB6A

analogous

#6A84FB #996AFB #E16AFB

triadic

#996AFB #FB996A #6AFB99

tetradic

#996AFB #FB6A84 #CCFB6A #6AFBE1

square

#996AFB #FB6A84 #CCFB6A #6AFBE1

split-complementary

#996AFB #FBE16A #84FB6A

monochromatic

#4E06E4 #702EF9 #996AFB #C2A6FD #EBE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#996AFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#996AFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AFB

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AFB	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0988FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2884F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8089A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996afb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.207 294.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996afb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.448,
    "s": 94.771,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64289,
    "c": 0.20711,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AFB

secondary

#E8F5CC

accent

#E6009B

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130D18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AFB

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

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