#996BEC#996BEC

#996BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.188 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BEC
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 54.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 45.43, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 74.37, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0858 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.188 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5311, 23.3433, 82.0797)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BEC #BEEC6B

analogous

#6B7EEC #996BEC #D96BEC

triadic

#996BEC #EC996B #6BEC99

tetradic

#996BEC #EC6B7E #BEEC6B #6BECD9

square

#996BEC #EC6B7E #BEEC6B #6BECD9

split-complementary

#996BEC #ECD96B #7EEC6B

monochromatic

#5619C4 #7435E5 #996BEC #BEA1F3 #E4D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#996BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BEC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BEC	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3285F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8685A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.188 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f3',
    500: '#996bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bec;
$custom-light: #bb97f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.395,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.18756,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BEC

secondary

#DFEEC5

accent

#D90C90

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BEC

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

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