#996BF5#996BF5

#996BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.199 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BF5
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 56.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 47.74, -63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 79.06, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0859 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.199 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8717, 23.8796, 89.1405)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BF5 #C7F56B

analogous

#6B82F5 #996BF5 #DE6BF5

triadic

#996BF5 #F5996B #6BF599

tetradic

#996BF5 #F56B82 #C7F56B #6BF5DE

square

#996BF5 #F56B82 #C7F56B #6BF5DE

split-complementary

#996BF5 #F5DE6B #82F56B

monochromatic

#510FD7 #7132F1 #996BF5 #C1A4F9 #E8DEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#996BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BF5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BF5	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2287FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3584F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8388A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.199 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97f9',
    500: '#996bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bf5;
$custom-light: #bc97f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.19851,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BF5

secondary

#E5F2CA

accent

#E40298

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BF5

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

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