#996DCB#996DCB

#996DCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.143 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DCB
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 36.14, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 55.75, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0805 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.143 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3827, 22.0215, 59.1910)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DCB #9FCB6D

analogous

#6D70CB #996DCB #C86DCB

triadic

#996DCB #CB996D #6DCB99

tetradic

#996DCB #CB6D70 #9FCB6D #6DCBC8

square

#996DCB #CB6D70 #9FCB6D #6DCBC8

split-complementary

#996DCB #CBC86D #70CB6D

monochromatic

#5C328C #7A42B9 #996DCB #B99ADB #D8C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#996DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#996DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DCB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DCB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5380CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.143 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998db',
    500: '#996dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dcb;
$custom-light: #b998db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61866,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DCB

secondary

#CBDCB8

accent

#BB2B77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DCB

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

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