#996CD9#996CD9

#996CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.163 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CD9
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 40.11, -49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 63.78, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0834 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.163 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0209, 22.5071, 68.3422)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CD9 #ACD96C

analogous

#6C75D9 #996CD9 #D06CD9

triadic

#996CD9 #D9996C #6CD999

tetradic

#996CD9 #D96C75 #ACD96C #6CD9D0

square

#996CD9 #D96C75 #ACD96C #6CD9D0

split-complementary

#996CD9 #D9D06C #75D96C

monochromatic

#5B2AA1 #773BCC #996CD9 #BB9DE6 #DCCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#996CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#996CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CD9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CD9	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4882DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.163 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e5',
    500: '#996cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cd9;
$custom-light: #ba97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CD9

secondary

#D4E4BD

accent

#C71F81

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CD9

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

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