#996AFD#996AFD

#996AFD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.210 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996AFD
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 253)
HSL	hsl(259, 97%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 58.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 50.36, -66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 83.80, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.087 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.21 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0158, 24.1714, 95.6774)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996AFD #CEFD6A

analogous

#6A84FD #996AFD #E36AFD

triadic

#996AFD #FD996A #6AFD99

tetradic

#996AFD #FD6A84 #CEFD6A #6AFDE3

square

#996AFD #FD6A84 #CEFD6A #6AFDE3

split-complementary

#996AFD #FDE36A #84FD6A

monochromatic

#4D03E9 #702EFC #996AFD #C2A6FE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#996AFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#996AFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996AFD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996AFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996AFD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0088FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2385FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996afd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.210 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd96ff',
    500: '#996afd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996afd;
$custom-light: #bd96ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996afd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.184,
    "s": 97.351,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.20951,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996AFD

secondary

#E9F6CD

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130D18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996AFD

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

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