#996DF6#996DF6

#996DF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.197 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DF6
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 55.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 46.90, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 78.38, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0836 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.197 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2357, 24.3627, 90.0169)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DF6 #CAF66D

analogous

#6D86F6 #996DF6 #DD6DF6

triadic

#996DF6 #F6996D #6DF699

tetradic

#996DF6 #F66D86 #CAF66D #6DF6DD

square

#996DF6 #F66D86 #CAF66D #6DF6DD

split-complementary

#996DF6 #F6DD6D #86F66D

monochromatic

#500EDB #7133F2 #996DF6 #C1A7FA #EAE0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#996DF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#996DF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DF6

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DF6	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2788FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3785F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996df6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.197 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc98fa',
    500: '#996df6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996df6;
$custom-light: #bc98fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996df6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.27,
    "s": 88.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.19692,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DF6

secondary

#E6F3CC

accent

#E5019C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DF6

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

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