#996BD9#996BD9

#996BD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.164 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BD9
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 40.67, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 64.40, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.0847 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.164 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9161, 22.2973, 68.3072)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BD9 #ABD96B

analogous

#6B74D9 #996BD9 #D06BD9

triadic

#996BD9 #D9996B #6BD999

tetradic

#996BD9 #D96B74 #ABD96B #6BD9D0

square

#996BD9 #D96B74 #ABD96B #6BD9D0

split-complementary

#996BD9 #D9D06B #74D96B

monochromatic

#5B29A0 #773ACC #996BD9 #BB9CE6 #DCCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#996BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BD9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BD9	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4681DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.164 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e5',
    500: '#996bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bd9;
$custom-light: #ba96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62322,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BD9

secondary

#D3E3BC

accent

#C71F80

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BD9

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

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