#996BD4#996BD4

#996BD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.158 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD4
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 212)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 39.44, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 61.77, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0843 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.158 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2756, 22.0411, 64.9340)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD4 #A6D46B

analogous

#6B71D4 #996BD4 #CE6BD4

triadic

#996BD4 #D4996B #6BD499

tetradic

#996BD4 #D46B71 #A6D46B #6BD4CE

square

#996BD4 #D46B71 #A6D46B #6BD4CE

split-complementary

#996BD4 #D4CE6B #71D46B

monochromatic

#5C2C98 #783CC6 #996BD4 #BA9AE2 #DACAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#996BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#996BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD4

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD4	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A80D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.158 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e2',
    500: '#996bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd4;
$custom-light: #ba96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62033,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD4

secondary

#D0E0BA

accent

#C2237D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD4

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

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