#996BFA#996BFA

#996BFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.205 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BFA
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 57.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 49.03, -65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 81.65, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0859 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.205 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6454, 24.1891, 93.2149)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BFA #CCFA6B

analogous

#6B84FA #996BFA #E16BFA

triadic

#996BFA #FA996B #6BFA99

tetradic

#996BFA #FA6B84 #CCFA6B #6BFAE1

square

#996BFA #FA6B84 #CCFA6B #6BFAE1

split-complementary

#996BFA #FAE16B #84FA6B

monochromatic

#4E08E3 #7030F8 #996BFA #C2A6FC #EBE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#996BFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#996BFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BFA

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BFA	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1588FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C85F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.205 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97fd',
    500: '#996bfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bfa;
$custom-light: #bc97fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.301,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64374,
    "c": 0.20454,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BFA

secondary

#E8F4CC

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BFA

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

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