#996DED#996DED

#996DED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.186 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DED
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 54%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 44.59, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 73.68, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0834 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.186 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8877, 23.8235, 82.9173)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DED #C1ED6D

analogous

#6D81ED #996DED #D96DED

triadic

#996DED #ED996D #6DED99

tetradic

#996DED #ED6D81 #C1ED6D #6DEDD9

square

#996DED #ED6D81 #C1ED6D #6DEDD9

split-complementary

#996DED #EDD96D #81ED6D

monochromatic

#5519C7 #7337E6 #996DED #BFA3F4 #E5DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#996DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DED

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DED	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3587F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4384EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8687A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.186 296.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.18589,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DED

secondary

#E1EFC7

accent

#DA0B93

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DED

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

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