#996E8A#996E8A

#996E8A is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.067 H 340.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E8A
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(321, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(321, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 21.70, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 23.33, 338.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0629 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.067 340.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3001, 19.7601, 26.6266)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E8A #6E997D

analogous

#936E99 #996E8A #996E75

triadic

#996E8A #8A996E #6E8A99

tetradic

#996E8A #99936E #6E997D #6E7599

square

#996E8A #99936E #6E997D #6E7599

split-complementary

#996E8A #75996E #6E9993

monochromatic

#533A4A #76536A #996E8A #B292A7 #CCB6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#996E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#996E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E8A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E8A	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.067 340.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798ac',
    500: '#996e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e8a;
$custom-light: #b798ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320.93,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5909,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 340.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E8A

secondary

#A8BBAF

accent

#BA886E

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E8A

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

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