#996CF4#996CF4

#996CF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.196 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CF4
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 244)
HSL	hsl(260, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 55.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 46.94, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 77.94, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.0847 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.196 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8243, 24.0284, 88.3736)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CF4 #C7F46C

analogous

#6C83F4 #996CF4 #DD6CF4

triadic

#996CF4 #F4996C #6CF499

tetradic

#996CF4 #F46C83 #C7F46C #6CF4DD

square

#996CF4 #F46C83 #C7F46C #6CF4DD

split-complementary

#996CF4 #F4DD6C #83F46C

monochromatic

#5110D6 #7133F0 #996CF4 #C1A5F8 #E8DEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#996CF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#996CF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CF4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CF4	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2887F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3885F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8388A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.196 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97f8',
    500: '#996cf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cf4;
$custom-light: #bc97f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.853,
    "s": 86.076,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64138,
    "c": 0.19589,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CF4

secondary

#E5F2CA

accent

#E30399

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CF4

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

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