#996CA2#996CA2

#996CA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.095 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CA2
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 27.52, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 35.28, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.0736 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.095 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0202, 20.1068, 36.7384)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CA2 #75A26C

analogous

#7E6CA2 #996CA2 #A26C90

triadic

#996CA2 #A2996C #6CA299

tetradic

#996CA2 #A27E6C #75A26C #6C90A2

square

#996CA2 #A27E6C #75A26C #6C90A2

split-complementary

#996CA2 #90A26C #6CA27E

monochromatic

#55395A #785180 #996CA2 #B391BA #CDB7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#996CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#996CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CA2

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CA2	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6679A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.095 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897bd',
    500: '#996ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ca2;
$custom-light: #b897bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 22.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59679,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CA2

secondary

#ADC1A9

accent

#BF6977

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CA2

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

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