#996BEA#996BEA

#996BEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.185 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BEA
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 54.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 44.92, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 73.32, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0857 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.185 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2421, 23.2278, 80.5580)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BEA #BCEA6B

analogous

#6B7DEA #996BEA #D86BEA

triadic

#996BEA #EA996B #6BEA99

tetradic

#996BEA #EA6B7D #BCEA6B #6BEAD8

square

#996BEA #EA6B7D #BCEA6B #6BEAD8

split-complementary

#996BEA #EAD86B #7DEA6B

monochromatic

#571BBF #7435E2 #996BEA #BEA1F2 #E3D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#996BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BEA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BEA	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3485EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4383E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8785A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.185 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f1',
    500: '#996bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bea;
$custom-light: #bb97f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.732,
    "s": 75.148,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.18511,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BEA

secondary

#DEEDC4

accent

#D70E8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BEA

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

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