#996C8D#996C8D

#996C8D is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.073 H 336.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C8D
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(316, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(316, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 23.40, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 25.83, 334.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0672 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.073 336.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3069, 19.4215, 27.7152)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C8D #6C9978

analogous

#8E6C99 #996C8D #996C76

triadic

#996C8D #8D996C #6C8D99

tetradic

#996C8D #998E6C #6C9978 #6C7699

square

#996C8D #998E6C #6C9978 #6C7699

split-complementary

#996C8D #76996C #6C998E

monochromatic

#52394B #76526C #996C8D #B290A9 #CBB4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#996C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#996C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996C8D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996C8D	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.073 336.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796ae',
    500: '#996c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c8d;
$custom-light: #b796ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58826,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 336.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C8D

secondary

#A6BAAC

accent

#BB826D

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C8D

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

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