#996AFC#996AFC

#996AFC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.208 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AFC
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 252)
HSL	hsl(259, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 57.9%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 50.10, -66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 83.28, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.087 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.208 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8570, 24.1078, 94.8407)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AFC #CDFC6A

analogous

#6A84FC #996AFC #E26AFC

triadic

#996AFC #FC996A #6AFC99

tetradic

#996AFC #FC6A84 #CDFC6A #6AFCE2

square

#996AFC #FC6A84 #CDFC6A #6AFCE2

split-complementary

#996AFC #FCE26A #84FC6A

monochromatic

#4D05E7 #702EFB #996AFC #C2A6FD #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#996AFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#996AFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AFC

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AFC	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0388FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2684F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996afc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.208 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd96fe',
    500: '#996afc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996afc;
$custom-light: #bd96fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996afc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.315,
    "s": 96.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64355,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AFC

secondary

#E8F5CD

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130D18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AFC

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

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