#996BB1#996BB1

#996BB1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BB1
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 177)
HSL	hsl(279, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 31.30, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 43.48, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0788 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.115 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3291, 20.4625, 44.1491)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BB1 #83B16B

analogous

#766BB1 #996BB1 #B16BA6

triadic

#996BB1 #B1996B #6BB199

tetradic

#996BB1 #B1766B #83B16B #6BA6B1

square

#996BB1 #B1766B #83B16B #6BA6B1

split-complementary

#996BB1 #A6B16B #6BB176

monochromatic

#59386A #7A4D92 #996BB1 #B593C6 #D0BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#996BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#996BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BB1

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BB1	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896c8',
    500: '#996bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bb1;
$custom-light: #b896c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60189,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BB1

secondary

#B7CAAD

accent

#C76184

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BB1

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

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