#996CBC#996CBC

#996CBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.126 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CBC
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 42.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 33.20, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 48.52, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.0795 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.126 309)
XYZ	xyz(27.5748, 21.1286, 50.1928)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CBC #8FBC6C

analogous

#716CBC #996CBC #BC6CB7

triadic

#996CBC #BC996C #6CBC99

tetradic

#996CBC #BC716C #8FBC6C #6CB7BC

square

#996CBC #BC716C #8FBC6C #6CB7BC

split-complementary

#996CBC #B7BC6C #6CBC71

monochromatic

#5B3677 #7B4AA1 #996CBC #B696CF #D3C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#996CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#996CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CBC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CBC	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95788B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.126 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d0',
    500: '#996cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cbc;
$custom-light: #b897d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60906,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.21128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CBC

secondary

#C0D2B2

accent

#CD5A8D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CBC

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

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