#996BDB#996BDB

#996BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.167 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BDB
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 51.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 41.16, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 65.45, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0849 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.167 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1778, 22.4020, 69.6856)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BDB #ADDB6B

analogous

#6B75DB #996BDB #D16BDB

triadic

#996BDB #DB996B #6BDB99

tetradic

#996BDB #DB6B75 #ADDB6B #6BDBD1

square

#996BDB #DB6B75 #ADDB6B #6BDBD1

split-complementary

#996BDB #DBD16B #75DB6B

monochromatic

#5B28A4 #773ACF #996BDB #BB9CE7 #DDCDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#996BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#996BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BDB

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BDB	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4482DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.167 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e7',
    500: '#996bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bdb;
$custom-light: #ba96e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.643,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6244,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BDB

secondary

#D4E5BD

accent

#C91D82

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BDB

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

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