#996CDB#996CDB

#996CDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.165 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CDB
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 40.60, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 64.83, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0836 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.165 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2826, 22.6117, 69.7205)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CDB #AEDB6C

analogous

#6C77DB #996CDB #D16CDB

triadic

#996CDB #DB996C #6CDB99

tetradic

#996CDB #DB6C77 #AEDB6C #6CDBD1

square

#996CDB #DB6C77 #AEDB6C #6CDBD1

split-complementary

#996CDB #DBD16C #77DB6C

monochromatic

#5B28A4 #773BCF #996CDB #BB9DE7 #DDCEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#996CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#996CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CDB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CDB	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4682DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.165 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e7',
    500: '#996cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cdb;
$custom-light: #ba97e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62602,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CDB

secondary

#D5E5BE

accent

#C81D83

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CDB

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

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