#996CED#996CED

#996CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.187 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CED
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 45.14, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 74.28, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0846 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.187 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7816, 23.6113, 82.8820)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CED #C0ED6C

analogous

#6C80ED #996CED #D96CED

triadic

#996CED #ED996C #6CED99

tetradic

#996CED #ED6C80 #C0ED6C #6CEDD9

square

#996CED #ED6C80 #C0ED6C #6CEDD9

split-complementary

#996CED #EDD96C #80ED6C

monochromatic

#5518C6 #7335E6 #996CED #BFA3F4 #E5D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#996CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#996CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CED

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CED	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3386F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8686A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.187 296.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CED

secondary

#E0EEC6

accent

#DA0B92

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CED

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

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