#996BBC#996BBC

#996BBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.128 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BBC
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 43.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 33.77, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 49.17, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.081 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.128 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4700, 20.9189, 50.1578)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BBC #8EBC6B

analogous

#706BBC #996BBC #BC6BB6

triadic

#996BBC #BC996B #6BBC99

tetradic

#996BBC #BC706B #8EBC6B #6BB6BC

square

#996BBC #BC706B #8EBC6B #6BB6BC

split-complementary

#996BBC #B6BC6B #6BBC70

monochromatic

#5B3677 #7B49A1 #996BBC #B695CF #D3BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#996BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#996BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BBC

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BBC	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#597CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95778A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.128 309.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.074,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60734,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BBC

secondary

#BFD2B1

accent

#CE5A8C

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BBC

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

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