#996CE7#996CE7

#996CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.180 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CE7
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 43.61, -56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 71.14, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0844 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.18 298)
XYZ	xyz(32.9197, 23.2666, 78.3423)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CE7 #BAE76C

analogous

#6C7DE7 #996CE7 #D76CE7

triadic

#996CE7 #E7996C #6CE799

tetradic

#996CE7 #E76C7D #BAE76C #6CE7D7

square

#996CE7 #E76C7D #BAE76C #6CE7D7

split-complementary

#996CE7 #E7D76C #7DE76C

monochromatic

#571EBA #7437DE #996CE7 #BEA1F0 #E2D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#996CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#996CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CE7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CE7	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A85EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.180 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97ef',
    500: '#996ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ce7;
$custom-light: #bb97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.17995,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.23267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CE7

secondary

#DDEBC3

accent

#D4128D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CE7

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

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