#996CBD#996CBD

#996CBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.128 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CBD
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 42.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 33.43, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 49.04, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0797 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.128 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6830, 21.1719, 50.7625)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CBD #90BD6C

analogous

#706CBD #996CBD #BD6CB8

triadic

#996CBD #BD996C #6CBD99

tetradic

#996CBD #BD706C #90BD6C #6CB8BD

square

#996CBD #BD706C #90BD6C #6CB8BD

split-complementary

#996CBD #B8BD6C #6CBD70

monochromatic

#5B3678 #7B49A3 #996CBD #B696D0 #D4C0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#996CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#996CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CBD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CBD	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#5A7DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94798B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.128 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d1',
    500: '#996cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cbd;
$custom-light: #b897d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CBD

secondary

#C1D3B2

accent

#CE5A8D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CBD

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

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