#996BED#996BED

#996BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.189 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BED
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 45.69, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 74.89, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0858 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.189 297)
XYZ	xyz(33.6768, 23.4016, 82.8470)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BED #BFED6B

analogous

#6B7EED #996BED #DA6BED

triadic

#996BED #ED996B #6BED99

tetradic

#996BED #ED6B7E #BFED6B #6BEDDA

square

#996BED #ED6B7E #BFED6B #6BEDDA

split-complementary

#996BED #EDDA6B #7EED6B

monochromatic

#5518C6 #7334E6 #996BED #BFA2F4 #E4D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#996BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BED

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BED	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3085F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4083EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8686A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.189 297.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.231,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.18878,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.23402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BED

secondary

#E0EEC6

accent

#DB0B91

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BED

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

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