#996BFE#996BFE

#996BFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.209 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996BFE
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 254)
HSL	hsl(259, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 57.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 50.07, -67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 83.72, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0858 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.209 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2792, 24.4426, 96.5532)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996BFE #D0FE6B

analogous

#6B86FE #996BFE #E36BFE

triadic

#996BFE #FE996B #6BFE99

tetradic

#996BFE #FE6B86 #D0FE6B #6BFEE3

square

#996BFE #FE6B86 #D0FE6B #6BFEE3

split-complementary

#996BFE #FEE36B #86FE6B

monochromatic

#4B02ED #6F2EFE #996BFE #C3A8FE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#996BFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#996BFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996BFE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996BFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996BFE	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0189FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2485FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996bfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.209 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd97ff',
    500: '#996bfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996bfe;
$custom-light: #bd97ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996bfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.776,
    "s": 98.658,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64639,
    "c": 0.20935,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996BFE

secondary

#EAF6CF

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996BFE

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

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