#996CDC#996CDC

#996CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.166 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CDC
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 40.85, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 65.36, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0837 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.166 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4147, 22.6646, 70.4159)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CDC #AFDC6C

analogous

#6C77DC #996CDC #D16CDC

triadic

#996CDC #DC996C #6CDC99

tetradic

#996CDC #DC6C77 #AFDC6C #6CDCD1

square

#996CDC #DC6C77 #AFDC6C #6CDCD1

split-complementary

#996CDC #DCD16C #77DC6C

monochromatic

#5A28A6 #773BD0 #996CDC #BB9DE8 #DECFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#996CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#996CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CDC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CDC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4583E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.166 300.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CDC

secondary

#D6E5BE

accent

#C91C84

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CDC

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

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