#996CE6#996CE6

#996CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.179 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CE6
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 43.36, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 70.62, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0843 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.179 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7789, 23.2102, 77.6006)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CE6 #B9E66C

analogous

#6C7CE6 #996CE6 #D66CE6

triadic

#996CE6 #E6996C #6CE699

tetradic

#996CE6 #E66C7C #B9E66C #6CE6D6

square

#996CE6 #E66C7C #B9E66C #6CE6D6

split-complementary

#996CE6 #E6D66C #7CE66C

monochromatic

#581FB8 #7538DD #996CE6 #BDA0EF #E2D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#996CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CE6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CE6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.179 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ee',
    500: '#996ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ce6;
$custom-light: #bb97ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63261,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CE6

secondary

#DCEBC3

accent

#D3138C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CE6

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

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