#996BB3#996BB3

#996BB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BB3
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 179)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 40.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 31.74, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 44.50, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.0792 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.117 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5299, 20.5429, 45.2067)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BB3 #85B36B

analogous

#756BB3 #996BB3 #B36BA9

triadic

#996BB3 #B3996B #6BB399

tetradic

#996BB3 #B3756B #85B36B #6BA9B3

square

#996BB3 #B3756B #85B36B #6BA9B3

split-complementary

#996BB3 #A9B36B #6BB375

monochromatic

#59386C #7A4C95 #996BB3 #B593C8 #D1BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#996BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#996BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BB3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BB3	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896ca',
    500: '#996bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bb3;
$custom-light: #b896ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60286,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BB3

secondary

#B9CCAE

accent

#C85F85

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BB3

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

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