#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
RGBrgb(153, 109, 231)
HSLhsl(262, 72%, 67%)
HSVhsv(262, 53%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(33.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(55.56, 43.06, -55.86)
CIE-LCHlch(55.56, 70.53, 307.62°)
OKLaboklab(63.48% 0.0831 -0.1579)
OKLCHoklch(63.48% 0.178 297.7)
XYZxyz(33.0257, 23.4787, 78.3777)
Luminance0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##996DE71.003.695.705.70
#FFFFFF3.691.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7021.001.001.00
##0000005.7021.001.001.00

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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#996DE7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva