#996BCD#996BCD

#996BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.149 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BCD
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 47.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 37.75, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 58.08, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0835 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.149 304)
XYZ	xyz(29.4116, 21.6956, 60.3840)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BCD #9FCD6B

analogous

#6B6ECD #996BCD #CA6BCD

triadic

#996BCD #CD996B #6BCD99

tetradic

#996BCD #CD6B6E #9FCD6B #6BCDCA

square

#996BCD #CD6B6E #9FCD6B #6BCDCA

split-complementary

#996BCD #CDCA6B #6ECD6B

monochromatic

#5C308E #7A3FBB #996BCD #B999DC #D8C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#996BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#996BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BCD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BCD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.149 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996dd',
    500: '#996bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bcd;
$custom-light: #b996dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61639,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.21695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BCD

secondary

#CBDCB8

accent

#BD2977

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BCD

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

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