#996DE5#996DE5

#996DE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.176 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE5
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 42.55, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 69.48, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.083 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.176 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7449, 23.3664, 76.8986)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE5 #B9E56D

analogous

#6D7DE5 #996DE5 #D56DE5

triadic

#996DE5 #E5996D #6DE599

tetradic

#996DE5 #E56D7D #B9E56D #6DE5D5

square

#996DE5 #E56D7D #B9E56D #6DE5D5

split-complementary

#996DE5 #E5D56D #7DE56D

monochromatic

#5821B7 #7539DC #996DE5 #BDA1EE #E2D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#996DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE5	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.176 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98ee',
    500: '#996de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de5;
$custom-light: #bb98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6336,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE5

secondary

#DCEAC3

accent

#D2148C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE5

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

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