#996CF8#996CF8

#996CF8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.201 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CF8
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 56.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 47.97, -64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 80.02, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0847 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.201 295)
XYZ	xyz(35.4383, 24.2740, 91.6070)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CF8 #CBF86C

analogous

#6C85F8 #996CF8 #DF6CF8

triadic

#996CF8 #F8996C #6CF899

tetradic

#996CF8 #F86C85 #CBF86C #6CF8DF

square

#996CF8 #F86C85 #CBF86C #6CF8DF

split-complementary

#996CF8 #F8DF6C #85F86C

monochromatic

#4F0BDF #7032F5 #996CF8 #C2A6FB #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#996CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#996CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CF8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CF8	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F88FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3285F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.201 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97fb',
    500: '#996cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cf8;
$custom-light: #bc97fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.20075,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CF8

secondary

#E7F4CC

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CF8

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

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