#996BCF#996BCF

#996BCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.152 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BCF
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 207)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 48.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 38.23, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 59.13, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0838 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.152 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6546, 21.7927, 61.6635)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BCF #A1CF6B

analogous

#6B6FCF #996BCF #CB6BCF

triadic

#996BCF #CF996B #6BCF99

tetradic

#996BCF #CF6B6F #A1CF6B #6BCFCB

square

#996BCF #CF6B6F #A1CF6B #6BCFCB

split-complementary

#996BCF #CFCB6B #6FCF6B

monochromatic

#5C2F91 #793EBF #996BCF #B999DE #D9C7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#996BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#996BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BCF

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BCF	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.152 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996de',
    500: '#996bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bcf;
$custom-light: #b996de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61751,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BCF

secondary

#CCDEB8

accent

#BE2779

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BCF

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

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