#996CDD#996CDD

#996CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.168 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CDD
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 41.10, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 65.88, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0838 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.168 300)
XYZ	xyz(31.5475, 22.7177, 71.1155)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CDD #B0DD6C

analogous

#6C78DD #996CDD #D26CDD

triadic

#996CDD #DD996C #6CDD99

tetradic

#996CDD #DD6C78 #B0DD6C #6CDDD2

square

#996CDD #DD6C78 #B0DD6C #6CDDD2

split-complementary

#996CDD #DDD26C #78DD6C

monochromatic

#5A27A8 #773AD2 #996CDD #BB9EE8 #DECFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#996CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#996CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CDD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CDD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4483E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.168 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e8',
    500: '#996cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cdd;
$custom-light: #ba97e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6272,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.22718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CDD

secondary

#D6E6BF

accent

#CA1B85

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CDD

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

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