#996CFA#996CFA

#996CFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.203 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CFA
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 48.49, -64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 81.06, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0847 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.203 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7502, 24.3988, 93.2498)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CFA #CDFA6C

analogous

#6C86FA #996CFA #E06CFA

triadic

#996CFA #FA996C #6CFA99

tetradic

#996CFA #FA6C86 #CDFA6C #6CFAE0

square

#996CFA #FA6C86 #CDFA6C #6CFAE0

split-complementary

#996CFA #FAE06C #86FA6C

monochromatic

#4D08E4 #7031F8 #996CFA #C2A7FC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#996CFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#996CFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CFA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CFA	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A89FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F85F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.203 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc98fd',
    500: '#996cfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cfa;
$custom-light: #bc98fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.014,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64527,
    "c": 0.20317,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CFA

secondary

#E8F5CD

accent

#E6009D

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CFA

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

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