#996CD2#996CD2

#996CD2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.154 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD2
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 38.39, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 60.08, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0827 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.154 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1297, 22.1506, 63.6484)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD2 #A5D26C

analogous

#6C72D2 #996CD2 #CC6CD2

triadic

#996CD2 #D2996C #6CD299

tetradic

#996CD2 #D26C72 #A5D26C #6CD2CC

square

#996CD2 #D26C72 #A5D26C #6CD2CC

split-complementary

#996CD2 #D2CC6C #72D26C

monochromatic

#5C2E96 #783DC4 #996CD2 #BA9BE0 #DACAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#996CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#996CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD2

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD2	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D81D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.154 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997e0',
    500: '#996cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd2;
$custom-light: #b997e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62085,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD2

secondary

#CFE0BA

accent

#C1257C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD2

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

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