#996CCD#996CCD

#996CCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.148 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CCD
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 47.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 37.19, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 57.45, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.0821 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.148 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5165, 21.9053, 60.4189)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CCD #A0CD6C

analogous

#6C70CD #996CCD #CA6CCD

triadic

#996CCD #CD996C #6CCD99

tetradic

#996CCD #CD6C70 #A0CD6C #6CCDCA

square

#996CCD #CD6C70 #A0CD6C #6CCDCA

split-complementary

#996CCD #CDCA6C #70CD6C

monochromatic

#5C308E #7940BC #996CCD #B99ADD #D8C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#996CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CCD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CCD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5180D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.148 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997dd',
    500: '#996ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ccd;
$custom-light: #b997dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.835,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61807,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CCD

secondary

#CCDDB8

accent

#BD2978

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →