#996BE3#996BE3

#996BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.177 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BE3
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 43.16, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 69.66, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0854 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.177 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2563, 22.8334, 75.3660)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BE3 #B5E36B

analogous

#6B79E3 #996BE3 #D56BE3

triadic

#996BE3 #E3996B #6BE399

tetradic

#996BE3 #E36B79 #B5E36B #6BE3D5

square

#996BE3 #E36B79 #B5E36B #6BE3D5

split-complementary

#996BE3 #E3D56B #79E36B

monochromatic

#5922B2 #7638D9 #996BE3 #BC9EED #E0D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#996BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#996BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BE3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BE3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A82E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.177 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ec',
    500: '#996be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996be3;
$custom-light: #bb97ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62918,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BE3

secondary

#DAE9C1

accent

#D01589

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BE3

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

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