#996CEC#996CEC

#996CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.186 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CEC
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 54.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 44.88, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 73.76, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0846 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.186 297)
XYZ	xyz(33.6359, 23.5531, 82.1147)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CEC #BFEC6C

analogous

#6C7FEC #996CEC #D96CEC

triadic

#996CEC #EC996C #6CEC99

tetradic

#996CEC #EC6C7F #BFEC6C #6CECD9

square

#996CEC #EC6C7F #BFEC6C #6CECD9

split-complementary

#996CEC #ECD96C #7FEC6C

monochromatic

#5519C4 #7336E5 #996CEC #BFA2F3 #E4D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#996CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#996CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CEC

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CEC	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3486F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8686A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.186 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f3',
    500: '#996cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cec;
$custom-light: #bb97f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.094,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CEC

secondary

#E0EEC6

accent

#D90C91

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CEC

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

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