#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
RGBrgb(153, 109, 217)
HSLhsl(264, 59%, 64%)
HSVhsv(264, 50%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(29.5%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(54.78, 39.55, -49.23)
CIE-LCHlch(54.78, 63.15, 308.78°)
OKLaboklab(62.65% 0.0821 -0.1385)
OKLCHoklch(62.65% 0.161 300.6)
XYZxyz(31.1270, 22.7192, 68.3776)
Luminance0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##996DD91.003.795.545.54
#FFFFFF3.791.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5421.001.001.00
##0000005.5421.001.001.00

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

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#996DD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva