#996DBF#996DBF

#996DBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.128 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DBF
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 33.32, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 49.43, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.0786 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.128 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0077, 21.4715, 51.9491)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DBF #93BF6D

analogous

#706DBF #996DBF #BF6DBC

triadic

#996DBF #BF996D #6DBF99

tetradic

#996DBF #BF706D #93BF6D #6DBCBF

square

#996DBF #BF706D #93BF6D #6DBCBF

split-complementary

#996DBF #BCBF6D #6DBF70

monochromatic

#5B367B #7B49A6 #996DBF #B798D2 #D4C2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#996DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#996DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DBF

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DBF	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.128 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d2',
    500: '#996dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dbf;
$custom-light: #b897d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DBF

secondary

#C3D4B4

accent

#CF5990

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DBF

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

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