#996DE2#996DE2

#996DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.172 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE2
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 51.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 41.79, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 67.90, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0828 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.172 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3297, 23.2003, 74.7116)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE2 #B6E26D

analogous

#6D7BE2 #996DE2 #D36DE2

triadic

#996DE2 #E2996D #6DE299

tetradic

#996DE2 #E26D7B #B6E26D #6DE2D3

square

#996DE2 #E26D7B #B6E26D #6DE2D3

split-complementary

#996DE2 #E2D36D #7BE26D

monochromatic

#5923B1 #753AD8 #996DE2 #BDA0EC #E0D3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#996DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE2	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4284E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.172 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ec',
    500: '#996de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de2;
$custom-light: #ba98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.564,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6318,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE2

secondary

#DAE9C2

accent

#CF178A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE2

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

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