#996CE5#996CE5

#996CE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.177 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CE5
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 43.11, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 70.09, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0843 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.177 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6388, 23.1542, 76.8632)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CE5 #B8E56C

analogous

#6C7BE5 #996CE5 #D56CE5

triadic

#996CE5 #E5996C #6CE599

tetradic

#996CE5 #E56C7B #B8E56C #6CE5D5

square

#996CE5 #E56C7B #B8E56C #6CE5D5

split-complementary

#996CE5 #E5D56C #7BE56C

monochromatic

#5820B6 #7538DC #996CE5 #BDA0EE #E1D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#996CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#996CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CE5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CE5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.177 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ee',
    500: '#996ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ce5;
$custom-light: #bb97ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.314,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CE5

secondary

#DBEAC3

accent

#D2148B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CE5

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

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