#996CFE#996CFE

#996CFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.208 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996CFE
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 254)
HSL	hsl(258, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 57.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 49.53, -66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 83.13, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0847 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.208 294)
XYZ	xyz(36.3841, 24.6523, 96.5881)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996CFE #D1FE6C

analogous

#6C88FE #996CFE #E26CFE

triadic

#996CFE #FE996C #6CFE99

tetradic

#996CFE #FE6C88 #D1FE6C #6CFEE2

square

#996CFE #FE6C88 #D1FE6C #6CFEE2

split-complementary

#996CFE #FEE26C #88FE6C

monochromatic

#4A02EE #6F2FFE #996CFE #C3A9FE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#996CFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#996CFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996CFE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996CFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996CFE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B8AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2786FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996cfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.208 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd98ff',
    500: '#996cfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996cfe;
$custom-light: #bd98ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996cfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.493,
    "s": 98.649,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64791,
    "c": 0.20799,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.24653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996CFE

secondary

#EAF6CF

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996CFE

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

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