#996DD9#996DD9

#996DD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.161 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DD9
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 39.55, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 63.15, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0821 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.161 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1270, 22.7192, 68.3776)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DD9 #ADD96D

analogous

#6D77D9 #996DD9 #CF6DD9

triadic

#996DD9 #D9996D #6DD999

tetradic

#996DD9 #D96D77 #ADD96D #6DD9CF

square

#996DD9 #D96D77 #ADD96D #6DD9CF

split-complementary

#996DD9 #D9CF6D #77D96D

monochromatic

#5B2AA2 #773CCC #996DD9 #BB9EE6 #DDCEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#996DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#996DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DD9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DD9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4983DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.161 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e5',
    500: '#996dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dd9;
$custom-light: #ba98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6265,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DD9

secondary

#D4E4BE

accent

#C61F82

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DD9

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

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