#996CD6#996CD6

#996CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.159 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD6
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 39.37, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 62.19, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0831 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.159 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6343, 22.3524, 66.3058)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD6 #A9D66C

analogous

#6C74D6 #996CD6 #CE6CD6

triadic

#996CD6 #D6996C #6CD699

tetradic

#996CD6 #D66C74 #A9D66C #6CD6CE

square

#996CD6 #D66C74 #A9D66C #6CD6CE

split-complementary

#996CD6 #D6CE6C #74D66C

monochromatic

#5B2C9C #783CC9 #996CD6 #BA9CE3 #DBCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#996CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A81DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.159 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e3',
    500: '#996cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd6;
$custom-light: #ba97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD6

secondary

#D2E2BC

accent

#C4227F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD6

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

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