#996CE8#996CE8

#996CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.181 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CE8
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 43.86, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 71.67, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0844 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.181 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0613, 23.3232, 79.0883)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CE8 #BBE86C

analogous

#6C7DE8 #996CE8 #D76CE8

triadic

#996CE8 #E8996C #6CE899

tetradic

#996CE8 #E86C7D #BBE86C #6CE8D7

square

#996CE8 #E86C7D #BBE86C #6CE8D7

split-complementary

#996CE8 #E8D76C #7DE86C

monochromatic

#571DBC #7437E0 #996CE8 #BEA1F0 #E2D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#996CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#996CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CE8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CE8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3985EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8785A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.181 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f0',
    500: '#996ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ce8;
$custom-light: #bb97f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.774,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CE8

secondary

#DDECC4

accent

#D5108E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CE8

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

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