#996CD8#996CD8

#996CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.161 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD8
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 39.86, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 63.25, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0833 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.161 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8912, 22.4552, 67.6593)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD8 #ABD86C

analogous

#6C75D8 #996CD8 #CF6CD8

triadic

#996CD8 #D8996C #6CD899

tetradic

#996CD8 #D86C75 #ABD86C #6CD8CF

square

#996CD8 #D86C75 #ABD86C #6CD8CF

split-complementary

#996CD8 #D8CF6C #75D86C

monochromatic

#5B2A9F #773CCB #996CD8 #BB9CE5 #DCCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#996CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#996CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD8	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4882DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.161 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e4',
    500: '#996cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd8;
$custom-light: #ba97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD8

secondary

#D3E3BD

accent

#C62081

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD8

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

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