#996E8D#996E8D

#996E8D is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.069 H 337.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E8D
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(317, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(317, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 22.25, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 24.47, 335.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0639 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.069 337)
XYZ	xyz(23.5203, 19.8482, 27.7863)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E8D #6E997A

analogous

#906E99 #996E8D #996E78

triadic

#996E8D #8D996E #6E8D99

tetradic

#996E8D #99906E #6E997A #6E7899

square

#996E8D #99906E #6E997A #6E7899

split-complementary

#996E8D #78996E #6E9990

monochromatic

#533A4C #76536D #996E8D #B292A9 #CCB6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#996E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#996E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E8D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E8D	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.069 337.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798ae',
    500: '#996e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e8d;
$custom-light: #b798ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.744,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.592,
    "c": 0.06945,
    "h": 337
  },
  "luminance": 0.19847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E8D

secondary

#A8BBAD

accent

#BA836E

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110D10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E8D

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

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