#996BEE#996BEE

#996BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.190 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BEE
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 45.94, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 75.41, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0858 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.19 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8233, 23.4602, 83.6186)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BEE #C0EE6B

analogous

#6B7EEE #996BEE #DB6BEE

triadic

#996BEE #EE996B #6BEE99

tetradic

#996BEE #EE6B7E #C0EE6B #6BEEDB

square

#996BEE #EE6B7E #C0EE6B #6BEEDB

split-complementary

#996BEE #EEDB6B #7EEE6B

monochromatic

#5517C8 #7334E8 #996BEE #BFA2F4 #E5D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#996BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BEE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BEE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F86F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8586A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.190 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f4',
    500: '#996bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bee;
$custom-light: #bb97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.069,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.19001,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BEE

secondary

#E0EFC6

accent

#DC0A92

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BEE

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

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