#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
RGBrgb(153, 108, 250)
HSLhsl(259, 93%, 70%)
HSVhsv(259, 57%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(38.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(56.48, 48.49, -64.96)
CIE-LCHlch(56.48, 81.06, 306.74°)
OKLaboklab(64.53% 0.0847 -0.1847)
OKLCHoklch(64.53% 0.203 294.6)
XYZxyz(35.7502, 24.3988, 93.2498)
Luminance0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##996CFA1.003.575.885.88
#FFFFFF3.571.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8821.001.001.00
##0000005.8821.001.001.00

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

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#996CFA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva