#996BDF#996BDF

#996BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.172 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BDF
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 223)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 52%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 42.16, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 67.55, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0852 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.172 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7107, 22.6152, 72.4923)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BDF #B1DF6B

analogous

#6B77DF #996BDF #D36BDF

triadic

#996BDF #DF996B #6BDF99

tetradic

#996BDF #DF6B77 #B1DF6B #6BDFD3

square

#996BDF #DF6B77 #B1DF6B #6BDFD3

split-complementary

#996BDF #DFD36B #77DF6B

monochromatic

#5A25AB #7639D4 #996BDF #BC9DEA #DED0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#996BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#996BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BDF

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BDF	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4183E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.172 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e9',
    500: '#996bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bdf;
$custom-light: #ba96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62677,
    "c": 0.17159,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BDF

secondary

#D7E7BF

accent

#CC1985

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BDF

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

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