#996BB2#996BB2

#996BB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.116 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BB2
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 39.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 31.52, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 43.99, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.079 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.116 313)
XYZ	xyz(26.4291, 20.5026, 44.6760)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BB2 #84B26B

analogous

#756BB2 #996BB2 #B26BA7

triadic

#996BB2 #B2996B #6BB299

tetradic

#996BB2 #B2756B #84B26B #6BA7B2

square

#996BB2 #B2756B #84B26B #6BA7B2

split-complementary

#996BB2 #A7B26B #6BB275

monochromatic

#59386B #7A4D93 #996BB2 #B593C7 #D0BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#996BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#996BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BB2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BB2	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.116 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896c9',
    500: '#996bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bb2;
$custom-light: #b896c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 31.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60237,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.20502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BB2

secondary

#B8CBAE

accent

#C86085

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BB2

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

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