#996DC2#996DC2

#996DC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.132 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DC2
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 34.02, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 51.01, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.0791 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.132 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3412, 21.6049, 53.7056)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DC2 #96C26D

analogous

#6F6DC2 #996DC2 #C26DC1

triadic

#996DC2 #C2996D #6DC299

tetradic

#996DC2 #C26F6D #96C26D #6DC1C2

square

#996DC2 #C26F6D #96C26D #6DC1C2

split-complementary

#996DC2 #C1C26D #6DC26F

monochromatic

#5C357F #7B47AB #996DC2 #B798D4 #D5C3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#996DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#996DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DC2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DC2	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6380C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.132 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997d5',
    500: '#996dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dc2;
$custom-light: #b997d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.059,
    "s": 41.063,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61387,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DC2

secondary

#C5D6B5

accent

#D15792

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DC2

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

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