#996BF9#996BF9

#996BF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.203 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BF9
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 249)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 57%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 48.78, -64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 81.14, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0859 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.203 295)
XYZ	xyz(35.4890, 24.1265, 92.3913)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BF9 #CBF96B

analogous

#6B84F9 #996BF9 #E06BF9

triadic

#996BF9 #F9996B #6BF999

tetradic

#996BF9 #F96B84 #CBF96B #6BF9E0

square

#996BF9 #F96B84 #CBF96B #6BF9E0

split-complementary

#996BF9 #F9E06B #84F96B

monochromatic

#4F09E0 #7030F7 #996BF9 #C2A6FB #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#996BF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#996BF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BF9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BF9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1888FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E85F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8189A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.203 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97fc',
    500: '#996bf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bf9;
$custom-light: #bc97fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64309,
    "c": 0.20334,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.24127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BF9

secondary

#E7F4CC

accent

#E6009B

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BF9

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

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