#996BD2#996BD2

#996BD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.155 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD2
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 38.96, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 60.71, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0841 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.155 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0248, 21.9408, 63.6135)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD2 #A4D26B

analogous

#6B71D2 #996BD2 #CD6BD2

triadic

#996BD2 #D2996B #6BD299

tetradic

#996BD2 #D26B71 #A4D26B #6BD2CD

square

#996BD2 #D26B71 #A4D26B #6BD2CD

split-complementary

#996BD2 #D2CD6B #71D26B

monochromatic

#5C2D95 #793CC4 #996BD2 #B99AE0 #DAC9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#996BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD2

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD2	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B80D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.155 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996e0',
    500: '#996bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd2;
$custom-light: #b996e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.796,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD2

secondary

#CEDFB9

accent

#C1257B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD2

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

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