#996BEF#996BEF

#996BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.191 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BEF
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 55.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 46.20, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 75.93, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0858 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.191 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9706, 23.5192, 84.3945)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BEF #C1EF6B

analogous

#6B7FEF #996BEF #DB6BEF

triadic

#996BEF #EF996B #6BEF99

tetradic

#996BEF #EF6B7F #C1EF6B #6BEFDB

square

#996BEF #EF6B7F #C1EF6B #6BEFDB

split-complementary

#996BEF #EFDB6B #7FEF6B

monochromatic

#5516CA #7334E9 #996BEF #BFA2F5 #E5D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#996BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#996BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BEF

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BEF	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D86F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8586A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.191 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f5',
    500: '#996bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bef;
$custom-light: #bb97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63663,
    "c": 0.19122,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BEF

secondary

#E1EFC7

accent

#DD0993

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BEF

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

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