#996DCA#996DCA

#996DCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.142 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DCA
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 46%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 35.90, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 55.23, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.0804 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.142 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2639, 21.9740, 58.5654)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DCA #9ECA6D

analogous

#6D6FCA #996DCA #C76DCA

triadic

#996DCA #CA996D #6DCA99

tetradic

#996DCA #CA6D6F #9ECA6D #6DCAC7

square

#996DCA #CA6D6F #9ECA6D #6DCAC7

split-complementary

#996DCA #CAC76D #6FCA6D

monochromatic

#5C328A #7A43B7 #996DCA #B89ADA #D8C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#996DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#996DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DCA

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DCA	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5480CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.142 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998da',
    500: '#996dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dca;
$custom-light: #b998da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 46.734,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61811,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DCA

secondary

#CADBB8

accent

#BA2C77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DCA

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

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