#996DE7#996DE7

#996DE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.178 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DE7
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 43.06, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 70.53, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0831 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.178 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0257, 23.4787, 78.3777)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DE7 #BBE76D

analogous

#6D7EE7 #996DE7 #D66DE7

triadic

#996DE7 #E7996D #6DE799

tetradic

#996DE7 #E76D7E #BBE76D #6DE7D6

square

#996DE7 #E76D7E #BBE76D #6DE7D6

split-complementary

#996DE7 #E7D66D #7EE76D

monochromatic

#571FBB #7438DE #996DE7 #BEA2F0 #E2D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#996DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DE7

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DE7	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C85EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8885A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.178 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98ef',
    500: '#996de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996de7;
$custom-light: #bb98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.639,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63482,
    "c": 0.17848,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DE7

secondary

#DDECC4

accent

#D4128E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DE7

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

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