#996DBB#996DBB

#996DBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.123 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DBB
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 41.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 32.40, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 47.34, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0779 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.123 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5735, 21.2978, 49.6624)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DBB #8FBB6D

analogous

#726DBB #996DBB #BB6DB6

triadic

#996DBB #BB996D #6DBB99

tetradic

#996DBB #BB726D #8FBB6D #6DB6BB

square

#996DBB #BB726D #8FBB6D #6DB6BB

split-complementary

#996DBB #B6BB6D #6DBB72

monochromatic

#5B3776 #7B4BA0 #996DBB #B697CE #D3C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#996DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#996DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DBB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DBB	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95798B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.123 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d0',
    500: '#996dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dbb;
$custom-light: #b897d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6103,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DBB

secondary

#C0D1B2

accent

#CC5B8D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DBB

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

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