#996CDA#996CDA

#996CDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.164 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CDA
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 40.36, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 64.30, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0835 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.164 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1514, 22.5592, 69.0293)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CDA #ADDA6C

analogous

#6C76DA #996CDA #D06CDA

triadic

#996CDA #DA996C #6CDA99

tetradic

#996CDA #DA6C76 #ADDA6C #6CDAD0

square

#996CDA #DA6C76 #ADDA6C #6CDAD0

split-complementary

#996CDA #DAD06C #76DA6C

monochromatic

#5B29A3 #773BCE #996CDA #BB9DE6 #DDCEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#996CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#996CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CDA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CDA	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4782DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.164 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e6',
    500: '#996cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cda;
$custom-light: #ba97e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62544,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CDA

secondary

#D4E4BE

accent

#C71E82

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CDA

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

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