#996DDB#996DDB

#996DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.164 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DDB
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 40.04, -50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 64.21, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0823 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.164 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3887, 22.8239, 69.7559)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DDB #AFDB6D

analogous

#6D78DB #996DDB #D06DDB

triadic

#996DDB #DB996D #6DDB99

tetradic

#996DDB #DB6D78 #AFDB6D #6DDBD0

square

#996DDB #DB6D78 #AFDB6D #6DDBD0

split-complementary

#996DDB #DBD06D #78DB6D

monochromatic

#5A29A5 #773CCF #996DDB #BB9EE7 #DECFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#996DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#996DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DDB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DDB	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4883DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.164 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e7',
    500: '#996ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ddb;
$custom-light: #ba98e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DDB

secondary

#D6E5BF

accent

#C81D84

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DDB

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

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