#996DE3#996DE3

#996DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.174 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE3
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 42.04, -53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 68.42, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0829 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.174 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4673, 23.2553, 75.4364)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE3 #B7E36D

analogous

#6D7CE3 #996DE3 #D46DE3

triadic

#996DE3 #E3996D #6DE399

tetradic

#996DE3 #E36D7C #B7E36D #6DE3D4

square

#996DE3 #E36D7C #B7E36D #6DE3D4

split-complementary

#996DE3 #E3D46D #7CE36D

monochromatic

#5822B3 #753AD9 #996DE3 #BDA0ED #E1D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#996DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE3

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE3	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4185E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.174 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ec',
    500: '#996de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de3;
$custom-light: #ba98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE3

secondary

#DBE9C2

accent

#D0168A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE3

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

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