#996BD1#996BD1

#996BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.154 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD1
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 209)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 48.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 38.71, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 60.19, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.084 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.154 303)
XYZ	xyz(29.9006, 21.8912, 62.9594)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD1 #A3D16B

analogous

#6B70D1 #996BD1 #CC6BD1

triadic

#996BD1 #D1996B #6BD199

tetradic

#996BD1 #D16B70 #A3D16B #6BD1CC

square

#996BD1 #D16B70 #A3D16B #6BD1CC

split-complementary

#996BD1 #D1CC6B #70D16B

monochromatic

#5C2E94 #793CC2 #996BD1 #B99AE0 #D9C8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#996BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD1	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C80D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.154 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996df',
    500: '#996bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd1;
$custom-light: #b996df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.059,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61863,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.21891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD1

secondary

#CEDFB9

accent

#C0267A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD1

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

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