#996BF1#996BF1

#996BF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.194 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BF1
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 241)
HSL	hsl(261, 83%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 46.71, -61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 76.98, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0859 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.194 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2677, 23.6380, 85.9592)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BF1 #C3F16B

analogous

#6B80F1 #996BF1 #DC6BF1

triadic

#996BF1 #F1996B #6BF199

tetradic

#996BF1 #F16B80 #C3F16B #6BF1DC

square

#996BF1 #F16B80 #C3F16B #6BF1DC

split-complementary

#996BF1 #F1DC6B #80F16B

monochromatic

#5413CE #7233EC #996BF1 #C0A3F6 #E6DBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#996BF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#996BF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BF1

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BF1	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A86F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B84EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8487A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.194 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97f6',
    500: '#996bf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bf1;
$custom-light: #bc97f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 82.716,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63791,
    "c": 0.19365,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BF1

secondary

#E2F0C8

accent

#DF0695

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BF1

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

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