#996BCA#996BCA

#996BCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.146 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BCA
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 47%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 37.03, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 56.50, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0831 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.146 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0530, 21.5521, 58.4951)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BCA #9CCA6B

analogous

#6B6CCA #996BCA #C96BCA

triadic

#996BCA #CA996B #6BCA99

tetradic

#996BCA #CA6B6C #9CCA6B #6BCAC9

square

#996BCA #CA6B6C #9CCA6B #6BCAC9

split-complementary

#996BCA #CAC96B #6CCA6B

monochromatic

#5C3189 #7A41B6 #996BCA #B898DA #D7C5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#996BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#996BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BCA

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BCA	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.146 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996da',
    500: '#996bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bca;
$custom-light: #b996da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.053,
    "s": 47.264,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61474,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BCA

secondary

#C9DAB6

accent

#BB2B75

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BCA

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

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