#996DEE#996DEE

#996DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.187 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DEE
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 54.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 44.84, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 74.20, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0834 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.187 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0342, 23.8821, 83.6889)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DEE #C2EE6D

analogous

#6D81EE #996DEE #D96DEE

triadic

#996DEE #EE996D #6DEE99

tetradic

#996DEE #EE6D81 #C2EE6D #6DEED9

square

#996DEE #EE6D81 #C2EE6D #6DEED9

split-complementary

#996DEE #EED96D #81EE6D

monochromatic

#5417C9 #7336E8 #996DEE #BFA4F4 #E6DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#996DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DEE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DEE	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3487F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8587A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.187 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98f4',
    500: '#996dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dee;
$custom-light: #bb98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.465,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.18712,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DEE

secondary

#E2EFC8

accent

#DB0A94

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DEE

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

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