#996DC7#996DC7

#996DC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.138 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DC7
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 199)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 35.19, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 53.64, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0799 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.138 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9122, 21.8333, 56.7129)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DC7 #9BC76D

analogous

#6D6EC7 #996DC7 #C66DC7

triadic

#996DC7 #C7996D #6DC799

tetradic

#996DC7 #C76D6E #9BC76D #6DC7C6

square

#996DC7 #C76D6E #9BC76D #6DC7C6

split-complementary

#996DC7 #C7C66D #6EC76D

monochromatic

#5C3386 #7A44B2 #996DC7 #B899D8 #D7C5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#996DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#996DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DC7

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DC7	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.138 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d8',
    500: '#996dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dc7;
$custom-light: #b998d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6165,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DC7

secondary

#C8D9B7

accent

#B82E74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DC7

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

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