#996DEC#996DEC

#996DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.185 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DEC
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 53.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 44.33, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 73.15, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0833 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.185 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7420, 23.7652, 82.1500)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DEC #C0EC6D

analogous

#6D81EC #996DEC #D86DEC

triadic

#996DEC #EC996D #6DEC99

tetradic

#996DEC #EC6D81 #C0EC6D #6DECD8

square

#996DEC #EC6D81 #C0EC6D #6DECD8

split-complementary

#996DEC #ECD86D #81EC6D

monochromatic

#551AC5 #7337E5 #996DEC #BFA3F3 #E5D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#996DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#996DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DEC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DEC	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3786F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4484E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8687A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.185 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98f3',
    500: '#996dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dec;
$custom-light: #bb98f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.787,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6379,
    "c": 0.18466,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DEC

secondary

#E0EEC7

accent

#D90C92

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DEC

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

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