#996BD7#996BD7

#996BD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.162 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD7
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 215)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 50.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 40.18, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 63.35, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0846 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.162 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6575, 22.1939, 66.9455)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD7 #A9D76B

analogous

#6B73D7 #996BD7 #CF6BD7

triadic

#996BD7 #D7996B #6BD799

tetradic

#996BD7 #D76B73 #A9D76B #6BD7CF

square

#996BD7 #D76B73 #A9D76B #6BD7CF

split-complementary

#996BD7 #D7CF6B #73D76B

monochromatic

#5B2A9D #783BCA #996BD7 #BA9BE4 #DBCBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#996BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#996BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD7

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD7	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4881DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.162 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e4',
    500: '#996bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd7;
$custom-light: #ba96e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62206,
    "c": 0.16167,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD7

secondary

#D2E2BC

accent

#C5207F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD7

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

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