#996BDA#996BDA

#996BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.165 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BDA
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 40.92, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 64.93, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.0848 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.165 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0465, 22.3495, 68.9943)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BDA #ACDA6B

analogous

#6B74DA #996BDA #D06BDA

triadic

#996BDA #DA996B #6BDA99

tetradic

#996BDA #DA6B74 #ACDA6B #6BDAD0

square

#996BDA #DA6B74 #ACDA6B #6BDAD0

split-complementary

#996BDA #DAD06B #74DA6B

monochromatic

#5B29A2 #773ACE #996BDA #BB9CE6 #DCCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#996BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BDA

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BDA	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4582DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.165 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e6',
    500: '#996bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bda;
$custom-light: #ba96e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.865,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BDA

secondary

#D4E4BD

accent

#C81E81

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BDA

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

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