#996BE4#996BE4

#996BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.178 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BE4
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 43.41, -55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 70.18, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0855 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.178 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3948, 22.8888, 76.0950)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BE4 #B6E46B

analogous

#6B79E4 #996BE4 #D56BE4

triadic

#996BE4 #E4996B #6BE499

tetradic

#996BE4 #E46B79 #B6E46B #6BE4D5

square

#996BE4 #E46B79 #B6E46B #6BE4D5

split-complementary

#996BE4 #E4D56B #79E46B

monochromatic

#5921B4 #7537DB #996BE4 #BD9FED #E0D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#996BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#996BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BE4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BE4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B84E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.178 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ed',
    500: '#996be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996be4;
$custom-light: #bb97ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.81,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62979,
    "c": 0.17775,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BE4

secondary

#DAEAC1

accent

#D11489

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BE4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →