#996BE5#996BE5

#996BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.179 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BE5
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 53.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 43.66, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 70.70, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0855 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.179 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5340, 22.9445, 76.8282)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BE5 #B7E56B

analogous

#6B7AE5 #996BE5 #D66BE5

triadic

#996BE5 #E5996B #6BE599

tetradic

#996BE5 #E56B7A #B7E56B #6BE5D6

square

#996BE5 #E56B7A #B7E56B #6BE5D6

split-complementary

#996BE5 #E5D66B #7AE56B

monochromatic

#5820B6 #7537DC #996BE5 #BD9FEE #E1D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#996BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#996BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BE5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BE5	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.179 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ee',
    500: '#996be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996be5;
$custom-light: #bb97ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6304,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BE5

secondary

#DBEAC2

accent

#D2138A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BE5

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

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