#996BD8#996BD8

#996BD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.163 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD8
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 40.42, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 63.87, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0847 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.163 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7864, 22.2455, 67.6243)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD8 #AAD86B

analogous

#6B73D8 #996BD8 #CF6BD8

triadic

#996BD8 #D8996B #6BD899

tetradic

#996BD8 #D86B73 #AAD86B #6BD8CF

square

#996BD8 #D86B73 #AAD86B #6BD8CF

split-complementary

#996BD8 #D8CF6B #73D86B

monochromatic

#5B2A9F #783BCB #996BD8 #BA9BE5 #DCCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#996BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD8	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4781DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.163 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e4',
    500: '#996bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd8;
$custom-light: #ba96e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.321,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD8

secondary

#D2E3BC

accent

#C62080

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD8

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

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