#996DDF#996DDF

#996DDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.169 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DDF
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 51.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 41.04, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 66.32, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0826 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.169 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9216, 23.0370, 72.5626)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DDF #B3DF6D

analogous

#6D7ADF #996DDF #D26DDF

triadic

#996DDF #DF996D #6DDF99

tetradic

#996DDF #DF6D7A #B3DF6D #6DDFD2

square

#996DDF #DF6D7A #B3DF6D #6DDFD2

split-complementary

#996DDF #DFD26D #7ADF6D

monochromatic

#5926AC #763BD4 #996DDF #BC9FEA #DFD1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#996DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#996DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DDF

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DDF	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4484E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.169 299.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 64.045,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63001,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DDF

secondary

#D8E7C1

accent

#CC1A87

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DDF

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

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