#996BD6#996BD6

#996BD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.160 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD6
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 39.93, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 62.82, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0845 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.16 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5294, 22.1427, 66.2709)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD6 #A8D66B

analogous

#6B72D6 #996BD6 #CE6BD6

triadic

#996BD6 #D6996B #6BD699

tetradic

#996BD6 #D66B72 #A8D66B #6BD6CE

square

#996BD6 #D66B72 #A8D66B #6BD6CE

split-complementary

#996BD6 #D6CE6B #72D66B

monochromatic

#5B2B9C #783BC9 #996BD6 #BA9BE3 #DBCBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#996BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#996BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD6	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4881DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.160 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e3',
    500: '#996bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd6;
$custom-light: #ba96e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62148,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD6

secondary

#D1E2BB

accent

#C4217E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD6

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

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