#996CD5#996CD5

#996CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.158 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD5
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 39.13, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 61.67, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.083 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.158 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5070, 22.3015, 65.6353)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD5 #A8D56C

analogous

#6C73D5 #996CD5 #CD6CD5

triadic

#996CD5 #D5996C #6CD599

tetradic

#996CD5 #D56C73 #A8D56C #6CD5CD

square

#996CD5 #D56C73 #A8D56C #6CD5CD

split-complementary

#996CD5 #D5CD6C #73D56C

monochromatic

#5B2C9A #783CC7 #996CD5 #BA9CE3 #DBCBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#996CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD5	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B81D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.158 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e2',
    500: '#996cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd5;
$custom-light: #ba97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62255,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD5

secondary

#D1E1BB

accent

#C3227E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD5

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

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