#996DDD#996DDD

#996DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.166 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DDD
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 40.54, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 65.26, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0825 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.166 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6536, 22.9298, 71.1509)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DDD #B1DD6D

analogous

#6D79DD #996DDD #D16DDD

triadic

#996DDD #DD996D #6DDD99

tetradic

#996DDD #DD6D79 #B1DD6D #6DDDD1

square

#996DDD #DD6D79 #B1DD6D #6DDDD1

split-complementary

#996DDD #DDD16D #79DD6D

monochromatic

#5A27A8 #763BD1 #996DDD #BC9FE9 #DED0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#996DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#996DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DDD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DDD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4683E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.166 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e8',
    500: '#996ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ddd;
$custom-light: #ba98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DDD

secondary

#D7E6C0

accent

#CA1C85

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DDD

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

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