#996DE6#996DE6

#996DE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.177 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE6
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 42.80, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 70.00, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0831 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.177 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8849, 23.4224, 77.6360)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE6 #BAE66D

analogous

#6D7EE6 #996DE6 #D56DE6

triadic

#996DE6 #E6996D #6DE699

tetradic

#996DE6 #E66D7E #BAE66D #6DE6D5

square

#996DE6 #E66D7E #BAE66D #6DE6D5

split-complementary

#996DE6 #E6D56D #7EE66D

monochromatic

#5720B9 #7439DD #996DE6 #BEA1EF #E2D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#996DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE6	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.177 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98ee',
    500: '#996de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de6;
$custom-light: #bb98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE6

secondary

#DDEBC4

accent

#D3138D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE6

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

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