#996DFE#996DFE

#996DFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.207 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996DFE
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 254)
HSL	hsl(258, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 48.99, -66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 82.54, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0836 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.207 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4901, 24.8645, 96.6235)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996DFE #D2FE6D

analogous

#6D89FE #996DFE #E16DFE

triadic

#996DFE #FE996D #6DFE99

tetradic

#996DFE #FE6D89 #D2FE6D #6DFEE1

square

#996DFE #FE6D89 #D2FE6D #6DFEE1

split-complementary

#996DFE #FEE16D #89FE6D

monochromatic

#4A02EF #6F30FE #996DFE #C3AAFE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#996DFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#996DFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996DFE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996DFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996DFE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#138AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A86FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996dfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.207 293.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996dfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.207,
    "s": 98.639,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64943,
    "c": 0.20663,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996DFE

secondary

#EBF6D0

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996DFE

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

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