#996DF8#996DF8

#996DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.199 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DF8
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 56%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 47.42, -63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 79.42, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0836 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.199 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5444, 24.4861, 91.6423)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DF8 #CCF86D

analogous

#6D86F8 #996DF8 #DF6DF8

triadic

#996DF8 #F8996D #6DF899

tetradic

#996DF8 #F86D86 #CCF86D #6DF8DF

square

#996DF8 #F86D86 #CCF86D #6DF8DF

split-complementary

#996DF8 #F8DF6D #86F86D

monochromatic

#4E0BE0 #7033F5 #996DF8 #C2A7FB #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#996DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#996DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DF8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DF8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2389FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3486F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.199 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc98fb',
    500: '#996df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996df8;
$custom-light: #bc98fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.993,
    "s": 90.85,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.19935,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DF8

secondary

#E8F4CD

accent

#E6009D

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DF8

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

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