#996CCE#996CCE

#996CCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.149 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CCE
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 37.43, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 57.97, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0823 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.149 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6376, 21.9537, 61.0567)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CCE #A1CE6C

analogous

#6C70CE #996CCE #CA6CCE

triadic

#996CCE #CE996C #6CCE99

tetradic

#996CCE #CE6C70 #A1CE6C #6CCECA

square

#996CCE #CE6C70 #A1CE6C #6CCECA

split-complementary

#996CCE #CECA6C #70CE6C

monochromatic

#5C3090 #793FBE #996CCE #B99ADD #D9C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#996CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CCE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CCE	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5080D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.149 303.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61862,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CCE

secondary

#CCDDB9

accent

#BD2879

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CCE

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

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