#996DDE#996DDE

#996DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.167 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DDE
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 40.79, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 65.79, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0825 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.167 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7872, 22.9833, 71.8546)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DDE #B2DE6D

analogous

#6D7ADE #996DDE #D26DDE

triadic

#996DDE #DE996D #6DDE99

tetradic

#996DDE #DE6D7A #B2DE6D #6DDED2

square

#996DDE #DE6D7A #B2DE6D #6DDED2

split-complementary

#996DDE #DED26D #7ADE6D

monochromatic

#5A26AA #763BD3 #996DDE #BC9FE9 #DFD1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#996DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#996DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DDE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DDE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4584E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.167 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e9',
    500: '#996dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dde;
$custom-light: #ba98e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DDE

secondary

#D8E7C0

accent

#CB1B86

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DDE

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

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