#996CEA#996CEA

#996CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.184 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CEA
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 53.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 44.37, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 72.71, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0845 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.184 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3470, 23.4375, 80.5929)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CEA #BDEA6C

analogous

#6C7EEA #996CEA #D86CEA

triadic

#996CEA #EA996C #6CEA99

tetradic

#996CEA #EA6C7E #BDEA6C #6CEAD8

square

#996CEA #EA6C7E #BDEA6C #6CEAD8

split-complementary

#996CEA #EAD86C #7EEA6C

monochromatic

#561BC0 #7436E2 #996CEA #BEA2F2 #E3D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#996CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CEA

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CEA	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3785EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4484E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8785A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.184 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f1',
    500: '#996cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cea;
$custom-light: #bb97f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CEA

secondary

#DFEDC5

accent

#D70E8F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CEA

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

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