#996CCB#996CCB

#996CCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.145 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CCB
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 46.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 36.71, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 56.39, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.0819 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.145 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2766, 21.8093, 59.1556)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CCB #9ECB6C

analogous

#6C6ECB #996CCB #C86CCB

triadic

#996CCB #CB996C #6CCB99

tetradic

#996CCB #CB6C6E #9ECB6C #6CCBC8

square

#996CCB #CB6C6E #9ECB6C #6CCBC8

split-complementary

#996CCB #CBC86C #6ECB6C

monochromatic

#5C318B #7A41B9 #996CCB #B899DB #D8C6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#996CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#996CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CCB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CCB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.145 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997db',
    500: '#996ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ccb;
$custom-light: #b997db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 47.739,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61697,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CCB

secondary

#CADBB7

accent

#BB2A77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CCB

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

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