#996BFB#996BFB

#996BFB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.206 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BFB
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 251)
HSL	hsl(259, 95%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 57.4%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 49.29, -65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 82.17, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0859 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.206 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8026, 24.2519, 94.0429)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BFB #CDFB6B

analogous

#6B85FB #996BFB #E16BFB

triadic

#996BFB #FB996B #6BFB99

tetradic

#996BFB #FB6B85 #CDFB6B #6BFBE1

square

#996BFB #FB6B85 #CDFB6B #6BFBE1

split-complementary

#996BFB #FBE16B #85FB6B

monochromatic

#4E06E5 #702FF9 #996BFB #C2A7FD #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#996BFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#996BFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BFB

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BFB	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1188FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A85F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.206 294.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 94.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6444,
    "c": 0.20575,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BFB

secondary

#E8F5CD

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BFB

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

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