#996BF3#996BF3

#996BF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.196 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BF3
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 243)
HSL	hsl(260, 85%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 56%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 47.23, -62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 78.02, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0859 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.196 296)
XYZ	xyz(34.5681, 23.7581, 87.5412)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BF3 #C5F36B

analogous

#6B81F3 #996BF3 #DD6BF3

triadic

#996BF3 #F3996B #6BF399

tetradic

#996BF3 #F36B81 #C5F36B #6BF3DD

square

#996BF3 #F36B81 #C5F36B #6BF3DD

split-complementary

#996BF3 #F3DD6B #81F36B

monochromatic

#5311D3 #7232EE #996BF3 #C0A4F8 #E7DCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#996BF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#996BF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BF3

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BF3	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2687F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3884F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8387A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.196 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97f8',
    500: '#996bf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bf3;
$custom-light: #bc97f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 85,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.19608,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BF3

secondary

#E3F1C9

accent

#E10497

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BF3

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

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