#996BDD#996BDD

#996BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BDD
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 41.66, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 66.50, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.085 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.169 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4426, 22.5080, 71.0805)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BDD #AFDD6B

analogous

#6B76DD #996BDD #D26BDD

triadic

#996BDD #DD996B #6BDD99

tetradic

#996BDD #DD6B76 #AFDD6B #6BDDD2

square

#996BDD #DD6B76 #AFDD6B #6BDDD2

split-complementary

#996BDD #DDD26B #76DD6B

monochromatic

#5A26A7 #7739D2 #996BDD #BB9DE8 #DECFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#996BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#996BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BDD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BDD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4282E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e8',
    500: '#996bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bdd;
$custom-light: #ba96e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62558,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BDD

secondary

#D6E6BE

accent

#CA1B84

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BDD

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

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