#996DCF#996DCF

#996DCF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.149 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DCF
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 207)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 47.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 37.10, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 57.87, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.081 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.149 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8655, 22.2146, 61.7338)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DCF #A3CF6D

analogous

#6D72CF #996DCF #CA6DCF

triadic

#996DCF #CF996D #6DCF99

tetradic

#996DCF #CF6D72 #A3CF6D #6DCFCA

square

#996DCF #CF6D72 #A3CF6D #6DCFCA

split-complementary

#996DCF #CFCA6D #72CF6D

monochromatic

#5C3092 #793FC0 #996DCF #B99BDE #D9C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#996DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#996DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DCF

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DCF	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5181D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.149 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998de',
    500: '#996dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dcf;
$custom-light: #b998de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 50.515,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62085,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DCF

secondary

#CEDEBA

accent

#BE287A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DCF

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

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