#996DFA#996DFA

#996DFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.202 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DFA
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 47.94, -64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 80.46, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0836 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.202 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8563, 24.6109, 93.2852)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DFA #CEFA6D

analogous

#6D88FA #996DFA #DF6DFA

triadic

#996DFA #FA996D #6DFA99

tetradic

#996DFA #FA6D88 #CEFA6D #6DFADF

square

#996DFA #FA6D88 #CEFA6D #6DFADF

split-complementary

#996DFA #FADF6D #88FA6D

monochromatic

#4D08E5 #7032F8 #996DFA #C2A8FC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#996DFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#996DFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DFA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DFA	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F89FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3186F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.202 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc98fd',
    500: '#996dfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dfa;
$custom-light: #bc98fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.723,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64681,
    "c": 0.20179,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DFA

secondary

#E9F5CE

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DFA

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

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