#996BC4#996BC4

#996BC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.138 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BC4
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 196)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 35.62, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 53.35, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.0823 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.138 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3564, 21.2735, 54.8262)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BC4 #96C46B

analogous

#6D6BC4 #996BC4 #C46BC3

triadic

#996BC4 #C4996B #6BC499

tetradic

#996BC4 #C46D6B #96C46B #6BC3C4

square

#996BC4 #C46D6B #96C46B #6BC3C4

split-complementary

#996BC4 #C3C46B #6BC46D

monochromatic

#5C3381 #7B45AD #996BC4 #B797D5 #D5C3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#996BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#996BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BC4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BC4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.138 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996d6',
    500: '#996bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bc4;
$custom-light: #b996d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.011,
    "s": 42.995,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61151,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BC4

secondary

#C5D7B4

accent

#D35592

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BC4

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

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