#996DCC#996DCC

#996DCC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.145 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DCC
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 46.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 36.38, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 56.28, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0806 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.145 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5022, 22.0693, 59.8206)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DCC #A0CC6D

analogous

#6D71CC #996DCC #C86DCC

triadic

#996DCC #CC996D #6DCC99

tetradic

#996DCC #CC6D71 #A0CC6D #6DCCC8

square

#996DCC #CC6D71 #A0CC6D #6DCCC8

split-complementary

#996DCC #CCC86D #71CC6D

monochromatic

#5C318D #7941BB #996DCC #B99ADC #D8C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#996DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#996DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DCC

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DCC	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5380CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.145 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998dc',
    500: '#996dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dcc;
$custom-light: #b998dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DCC

secondary

#CCDCB9

accent

#BC2A78

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DCC

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

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