#996BBD#996BBD

#996BBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.129 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BBD
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 43.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 34.00, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 49.69, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0812 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.129 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5781, 20.9622, 50.7275)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BBD #8FBD6B

analogous

#706BBD #996BBD #BD6BB8

triadic

#996BBD #BD996B #6BBD99

tetradic

#996BBD #BD706B #8FBD6B #6BB8BD

square

#996BBD #BD706B #8FBD6B #6BB8BD

split-complementary

#996BBD #B8BD6B #6BBD70

monochromatic

#5B3678 #7B48A2 #996BBD #B695D0 #D3C0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#996BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#996BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BBD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BBD	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94788B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.129 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896d1',
    500: '#996bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bbd;
$custom-light: #b896d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60785,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BBD

secondary

#C0D2B2

accent

#CE5A8D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BBD

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

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