#996CD7#996CD7

#996CD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.160 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD7
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 39.62, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 62.72, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0832 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.16 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7624, 22.4036, 66.9805)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD7 #AAD76C

analogous

#6C74D7 #996CD7 #CE6CD7

triadic

#996CD7 #D7996C #6CD799

tetradic

#996CD7 #D76C74 #AAD76C #6CD7CE

square

#996CD7 #D76C74 #AAD76C #6CD7CE

split-complementary

#996CD7 #D7CE6C #74D76C

monochromatic

#5B2B9E #783CCA #996CD7 #BA9CE4 #DCCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#996CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#996CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD7

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD7	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4982DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.160 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e4',
    500: '#996cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd7;
$custom-light: #ba97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD7

secondary

#D2E2BC

accent

#C52180

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD7

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

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