#996DC6#996DC6

#996DC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.137 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DC6
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 198)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 44.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 34.95, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 53.12, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0798 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.137 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7965, 21.7870, 56.1034)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DC6 #9AC66D

analogous

#6D6DC6 #996DC6 #C56DC6

triadic

#996DC6 #C6996D #6DC699

tetradic

#996DC6 #C66D6D #9AC66D #6DC6C5

square

#996DC6 #C66D6D #9AC66D #6DC6C5

split-complementary

#996DC6 #C6C56D #6DC66D

monochromatic

#5C3485 #7A45B1 #996DC6 #B899D7 #D7C5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#996DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#996DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DC6

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DC6	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.137 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d7',
    500: '#996dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dc6;
$custom-light: #b998d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 43.842,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61597,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DC6

secondary

#C8D8B6

accent

#B72F74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DC6

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

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