#996DBD#996DBD

#996DBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.126 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DBD
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 32.86, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 48.39, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0783 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.126 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7891, 21.3840, 50.7978)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DBD #91BD6D

analogous

#716DBD #996DBD #BD6DB9

triadic

#996DBD #BD996D #6DBD99

tetradic

#996DBD #BD716D #91BD6D #6DB9BD

square

#996DBD #BD716D #91BD6D #6DB9BD

split-complementary

#996DBD #B9BD6D #6DBD71

monochromatic

#5B3779 #7B4AA3 #996DBD #B697D0 #D4C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#996DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#996DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DBD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DBD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.126 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d1',
    500: '#996dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dbd;
$custom-light: #b897d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6113,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DBD

secondary

#C1D3B3

accent

#CE5A8E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DBD

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

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