#996BD5#996BD5

#996BD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.159 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD5
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 39.69, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 62.29, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0844 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.159 302)
XYZ	xyz(30.4021, 22.0917, 65.6004)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD5 #A7D56B

analogous

#6B72D5 #996BD5 #CE6BD5

triadic

#996BD5 #D5996B #6BD599

tetradic

#996BD5 #D56B72 #A7D56B #6BD5CE

square

#996BD5 #D56B72 #A7D56B #6BD5CE

split-complementary

#996BD5 #D5CE6B #72D56B

monochromatic

#5C2C9A #783BC7 #996BD5 #BA9BE3 #DBCAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#996BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#996BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD5	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4981D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.159 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e2',
    500: '#996bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd5;
$custom-light: #ba96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62091,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.22092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD5

secondary

#D0E1BB

accent

#C3227D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD5

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

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