#996C8E#996C8E

#996C8E is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.074 H 335.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C8E
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(315, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(315, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 23.59, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 26.23, 334.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0676 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.074 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3817, 19.4514, 28.1088)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C8E #6C9977

analogous

#8D6C99 #996C8E #996C77

triadic

#996C8E #8E996C #6C8E99

tetradic

#996C8E #998D6C #6C9977 #6C7799

square

#996C8E #998D6C #6C9977 #6C7799

split-complementary

#996C8E #77996C #6C998D

monochromatic

#52394C #76526D #996C8E #B290AA #CBB4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#996C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#996C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996C8E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996C8E	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C768F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.074 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796af',
    500: '#996c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c8e;
$custom-light: #b796af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.667,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C8E

secondary

#A6BAAB

accent

#BB806D

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C8E

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

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