#996CDF#996CDF

#996CDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CDF
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 41.60, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 66.94, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0839 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.17 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8155, 22.8249, 72.5272)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CDF #B2DF6C

analogous

#6C79DF #996CDF #D26CDF

triadic

#996CDF #DF996C #6CDF99

tetradic

#996CDF #DF6C79 #B2DF6C #6CDFD2

square

#996CDF #DF6C79 #B2DF6C #6CDFD2

split-complementary

#996CDF #DFD26C #79DF6C

monochromatic

#5A25AB #763AD4 #996CDF #BC9EEA #DFD1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#996CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#996CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CDF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CDF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4283E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97e9',
    500: '#996cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cdf;
$custom-light: #ba97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 64.246,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CDF

secondary

#D8E7C0

accent

#CC1986

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CDF

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

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