#996DFD#996DFD

#996DFD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.205 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DFD
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 253)
HSL	hsl(258, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 48.73, -65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 82.02, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0836 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.205 294)
XYZ	xyz(36.3304, 24.8006, 95.7823)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DFD #D1FD6D

analogous

#6D89FD #996DFD #E16DFD

triadic

#996DFD #FD996D #6DFD99

tetradic

#996DFD #FD6D89 #D1FD6D #6DFDE1

square

#996DFD #FD6D89 #D1FD6D #6DFDE1

split-complementary

#996DFD #FDE16D #89FD6D

monochromatic

#4A03EC #6F31FC #996DFD #C3A9FE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#996DFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#996DFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DFD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DFD	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#168AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C86FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.205 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd98ff',
    500: '#996dfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996dfd;
$custom-light: #bd98ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 97.297,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.20542,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.24801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DFD

secondary

#EAF6D0

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DFD

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

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