#996BD3#996BD3

#996BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.157 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD3
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 211)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 39.20, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 61.24, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0842 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.157 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1498, 21.9908, 64.2717)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD3 #A5D36B

analogous

#6B71D3 #996BD3 #CD6BD3

triadic

#996BD3 #D3996B #6BD399

tetradic

#996BD3 #D36B71 #A5D36B #6BD3CD

square

#996BD3 #D36B71 #A5D36B #6BD3CD

split-complementary

#996BD3 #D3CD6B #71D36B

monochromatic

#5C2D97 #783CC5 #996BD3 #BA9AE1 #DAC9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#996BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#996BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B80D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.157 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e1',
    500: '#996bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd3;
$custom-light: #ba96e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD3

secondary

#CFE0BA

accent

#C2247C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD3

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

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