#996BBB#996BBB

#996BBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.127 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BBB
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 42.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 33.54, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 48.65, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0808 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.127 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3625, 20.8759, 49.5921)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BBB #8DBB6B

analogous

#716BBB #996BBB #BB6BB5

triadic

#996BBB #BB996B #6BBB99

tetradic

#996BBB #BB716B #8DBB6B #6BB5BB

square

#996BBB #BB716B #8DBB6B #6BB5BB

split-complementary

#996BBB #B5BB6B #6BBB71

monochromatic

#5B3676 #7B49A0 #996BBB #B695CE #D3BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#996BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#996BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BBB

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BBB	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95778A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.127 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896d0',
    500: '#996bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bbb;
$custom-light: #b896d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60683,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BBB

secondary

#BED1B1

accent

#CD5B8B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BBB

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

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