#996BBF#996BBF

#996BBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.132 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BBF
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 44%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 34.46, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 50.73, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.0815 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.132 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7967, 21.0496, 51.8787)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BBF #91BF6B

analogous

#6F6BBF #996BBF #BF6BBB

triadic

#996BBF #BF996B #6BBF99

tetradic

#996BBF #BF6F6B #91BF6B #6BBBBF

square

#996BBF #BF6F6B #91BF6B #6BBBBF

split-complementary

#996BBF #BBBF6B #6BBF6F

monochromatic

#5B357B #7B47A5 #996BBF #B696D1 #D4C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#996BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#996BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BBF

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BBF	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94788C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.132 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996d2',
    500: '#996bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bbf;
$custom-light: #b996d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BBF

secondary

#C1D4B2

accent

#D0588E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BBF

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

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