#996D8F#996D8F

#996D8F is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.073 H 334.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D8F
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(314, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(314, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 23.20, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 25.95, 333.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0663 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.073 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5631, 19.6937, 28.5413)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D8F #6D9977

analogous

#8D6D99 #996D8F #996D79

triadic

#996D8F #8F996D #6D8F99

tetradic

#996D8F #998D6D #6D9977 #6D7999

square

#996D8F #998D6D #6D9977 #6D7999

split-complementary

#996D8F #79996D #6D998D

monochromatic

#52394D #76536E #996D8F #B291AB #CBB5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#996D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#996D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D8F

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D8F	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.073 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797af',
    500: '#996d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d8f;
$custom-light: #b797af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.636,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59088,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D8F

secondary

#A7BBAC

accent

#BA7F6D

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D8F

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

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