#996CEE#996CEE

#996CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.189 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CEE
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 45.39, -59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 74.81, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.0846 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.189 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9281, 23.6699, 83.6536)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CEE #C1EE6C

analogous

#6C80EE #996CEE #DA6CEE

triadic

#996CEE #EE996C #6CEE99

tetradic

#996CEE #EE6C80 #C1EE6C #6CEEDA

square

#996CEE #EE6C80 #C1EE6C #6CEEDA

split-complementary

#996CEE #EEDA6C #80EE6C

monochromatic

#5517C8 #7335E8 #996CEE #BFA3F4 #E5DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#996CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#996CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CEE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CEE	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3186F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8587A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.189 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f4',
    500: '#996cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cee;
$custom-light: #bb97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.18856,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CEE

secondary

#E1EFC7

accent

#DC0A93

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CEE

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

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