#996CF9#996CF9

#996CF9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.202 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CF9
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 249)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 48.23, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 80.54, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0847 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.202 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5938, 24.3362, 92.4262)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CF9 #CCF96C

analogous

#6C85F9 #996CF9 #E06CF9

triadic

#996CF9 #F9996C #6CF999

tetradic

#996CF9 #F96C85 #CCF96C #6CF9E0

square

#996CF9 #F96C85 #CCF96C #6CF9E0

split-complementary

#996CF9 #F9E06C #85F96C

monochromatic

#4E09E1 #7031F7 #996CF9 #C2A7FB #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#996CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#996CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CF9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CF9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D89FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3085F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.202 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc97fc',
    500: '#996cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cf9;
$custom-light: #bc97fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.20195,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CF9

secondary

#E8F4CD

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CF9

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

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