#996BDC#996BDC

#996BDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.168 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BDC
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 41.41, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 65.98, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.085 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.168 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3098, 22.4548, 70.3810)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BDC #AEDC6B

analogous

#6B76DC #996BDC #D26BDC

triadic

#996BDC #DC996B #6BDC99

tetradic

#996BDC #DC6B76 #AEDC6B #6BDCD2

square

#996BDC #DC6B76 #AEDC6B #6BDCD2

split-complementary

#996BDC #DCD26B #76DC6B

monochromatic

#5B27A5 #773AD0 #996BDC #BB9CE8 #DDCEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#996BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#996BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BDC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BDC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4382E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.168 300.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.425,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BDC

secondary

#D5E5BE

accent

#C91C83

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BDC

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

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