#996BC2#996BC2

#996BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.136 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BC2
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 35.15, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 52.30, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.082 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.136 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1302, 21.1830, 53.6353)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BC2 #94C26B

analogous

#6E6BC2 #996BC2 #C26BC0

triadic

#996BC2 #C2996B #6BC299

tetradic

#996BC2 #C26E6B #94C26B #6BC0C2

square

#996BC2 #C26E6B #94C26B #6BC0C2

split-complementary

#996BC2 #C0C26B #6BC26E

monochromatic

#5B347E #7B46AA #996BC2 #B796D4 #D5C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#996BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#996BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BC2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BC2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93798D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.136 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996d5',
    500: '#996bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bc2;
$custom-light: #b996d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61045,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BC2

secondary

#C3D5B3

accent

#D15690

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BC2

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

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