#996DCD#996DCD

#996DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.146 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DCD
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 36.62, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 56.81, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0808 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.146 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6226, 22.1174, 60.4543)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DCD #A1CD6D

analogous

#6D71CD #996DCD #C96DCD

triadic

#996DCD #CD996D #6DCD99

tetradic

#996DCD #CD6D71 #A1CD6D #6DCDC9

square

#996DCD #CD6D71 #A1CD6D #6DCDC9

split-complementary

#996DCD #CDC96D #71CD6D

monochromatic

#5C318F #7940BC #996DCD #B99BDD #D9C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#996DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#996DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DCD

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DCD	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5280D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.146 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998dd',
    500: '#996dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dcd;
$custom-light: #b998dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61975,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DCD

secondary

#CCDDB9

accent

#BC2979

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DCD

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

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