#996B99#996B99

#996B99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B99
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 153)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 26.28, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 31.68, 326.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0727 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.087 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1438, 19.5884, 32.6400)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B99 #6B996B

analogous

#826B99 #996B99 #996B82

triadic

#996B99 #99996B #6B9999

tetradic

#996B99 #99826B #6B996B #6B8299

square

#996B99 #99826B #6B996B #6B8299

split-complementary

#996B99 #82996B #6B9982

monochromatic

#513851 #765176 #996B99 #B28FB2 #CBB3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#996B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#996B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996B99

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996B99	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896b7',
    500: '#996b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b99;
$custom-light: #b896b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B99

secondary

#A6BAA6

accent

#BB6D6D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B99

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

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