#996E95#996E95

#996E95 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.077 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E95
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 149)
HSL	hsl(306, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(306, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 23.77, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 27.83, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0666 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.077 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1372, 20.0949, 31.0352)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#996E95 #6E9972

analogous

#886E99 #996E95 #996E80

triadic

#996E95 #95996E #6E9599

tetradic

#996E95 #99886E #6E9972 #6E8099

square

#996E95 #99886E #6E9972 #6E8099

split-complementary

#996E95 #80996E #6E9988

monochromatic

#533A50 #765373 #996E95 #B292AF #CCB6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#996E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#996E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E95

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E95	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C717C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.077 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798b4',
    500: '#996e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e95;
$custom-light: #b798b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E95

secondary

#A8BBAA

accent

#BA756E

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E95

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

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