#996CEF#996CEF

#996CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.190 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CEF
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 45.65, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 75.33, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0846 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.19 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0755, 23.7289, 84.4295)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CEF #C2EF6C

analogous

#6C80EF #996CEF #DB6CEF

triadic

#996CEF #EF996C #6CEF99

tetradic

#996CEF #EF6C80 #C2EF6C #6CEFDB

square

#996CEF #EF6C80 #C2EF6C #6CEFDB

split-complementary

#996CEF #EFDB6C #80EF6C

monochromatic

#5416CB #7335E9 #996CEF #BFA3F5 #E6DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#996CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#996CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CEF

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CEF	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3086F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8587A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.190 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f5',
    500: '#996cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cef;
$custom-light: #bb97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.611,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6382,
    "c": 0.18978,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CEF

secondary

#E2EFC7

accent

#DD0994

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CEF

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

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