#996BB7#996BB7

#996BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.122 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BB7
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 183)
HSL	hsl(276, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 32.63, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 46.57, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.0801 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.122 311)
XYZ	xyz(26.9403, 20.7070, 47.3682)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BB7 #89B76B

analogous

#736BB7 #996BB7 #B76BAF

triadic

#996BB7 #B7996B #6BB799

tetradic

#996BB7 #B7736B #89B76B #6BAFB7

square

#996BB7 #B7736B #89B76B #6BAFB7

split-complementary

#996BB7 #AFB76B #6BB773

monochromatic

#5A3771 #7B4B9A #996BB7 #B594CB #D2BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#996BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#996BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BB7

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BB7	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.122 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896cd',
    500: '#996bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bb7;
$custom-light: #b896cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60482,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.20707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BB7

secondary

#BCCEAF

accent

#CB5D88

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BB7

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

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