#996CE3#996CE3

#996CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.175 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CE3
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 42.60, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 69.04, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0842 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.175 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3612, 23.0432, 75.4010)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CE3 #B6E36C

analogous

#6C7AE3 #996CE3 #D46CE3

triadic

#996CE3 #E3996C #6CE399

tetradic

#996CE3 #E36C7A #B6E36C #6CE3D4

square

#996CE3 #E36C7A #B6E36C #6CE3D4

split-complementary

#996CE3 #E3D46C #7AE36C

monochromatic

#5922B3 #7539D9 #996CE3 #BD9FED #E0D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#996CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#996CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CE3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CE3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F84E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.175 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ec',
    500: '#996ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ce3;
$custom-light: #bb97ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.689,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63078,
    "c": 0.17502,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CE3

secondary

#DAE9C2

accent

#D01689

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CE3

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

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