#996DC8#996DC8

#996DC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.140 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DC8
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 35.43, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 54.17, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.0801 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.14 305)
XYZ	xyz(29.0287, 21.8799, 57.3263)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DC8 #9CC86D

analogous

#6D6EC8 #996DC8 #C76DC8

triadic

#996DC8 #C8996D #6DC899

tetradic

#996DC8 #C86D6E #9CC86D #6DC8C7

square

#996DC8 #C86D6E #9CC86D #6DC8C7

split-complementary

#996DC8 #C8C76D #6EC86D

monochromatic

#5C3388 #7A44B4 #996DC8 #B899D9 #D7C6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#996DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#996DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DC8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DC8	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.140 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d9',
    500: '#996dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dc8;
$custom-light: #b998d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61704,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.2188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DC8

secondary

#C9DAB7

accent

#B82D75

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DC8

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

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