#996CC7#996CC7

#996CC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.140 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CC7
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 199)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 35.76, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 54.29, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.0813 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.14 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8061, 21.6211, 56.6775)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CC7 #9AC76C

analogous

#6C6CC7 #996CC7 #C66CC7

triadic

#996CC7 #C7996C #6CC799

tetradic

#996CC7 #C76C6C #9AC76C #6CC7C6

square

#996CC7 #C76C6C #9AC76C #6CC7C6

split-complementary

#996CC7 #C7C66C #6CC76C

monochromatic

#5C3386 #7A44B2 #996CC7 #B898D8 #D7C5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#996CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#996CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CC7

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CC7	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.140 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997d8',
    500: '#996cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cc7;
$custom-light: #b997d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6148,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CC7

secondary

#C8D9B6

accent

#B82E74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CC7

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

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