#996DE4#996DE4

#996DE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.175 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE4
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 52.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 42.30, -54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 68.95, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0829 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.175 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6057, 23.3107, 76.1653)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE4 #B8E46D

analogous

#6D7CE4 #996DE4 #D46DE4

triadic

#996DE4 #E4996D #6DE499

tetradic

#996DE4 #E46D7C #B8E46D #6DE4D4

square

#996DE4 #E46D7C #B8E46D #6DE4D4

split-complementary

#996DE4 #E4D46D #7CE46D

monochromatic

#5821B5 #7539DA #996DE4 #BDA1EE #E1D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#996DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#996DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4085E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.175 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98ed',
    500: '#996de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de4;
$custom-light: #bb98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.633,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE4

secondary

#DBEAC3

accent

#D1158B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE4

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

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