#996D8A#996D8A

#996D8A is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.069 H 339.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D8A
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(320, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(320, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 22.28, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 24.00, 338.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.0645 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.069 339.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1928, 19.5455, 26.5908)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D8A #6D997C

analogous

#926D99 #996D8A #996D74

triadic

#996D8A #8A996D #6D8A99

tetradic

#996D8A #99926D #6D997C #6D7499

square

#996D8A #99926D #6D997C #6D7499

split-complementary

#996D8A #74996D #6D9992

monochromatic

#52394A #76536A #996D8A #B291A7 #CBB5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#996D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#996D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D8A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D8A	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.069 339.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797ac',
    500: '#996d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d8a;
$custom-light: #b797ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.455,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58902,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 339.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D8A

secondary

#A7BBAE

accent

#BA886D

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D8A

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

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