#996EA2#996EA2

#996EA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.091 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EA2
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 22%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 32%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 26.38, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 33.92, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0705 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.091 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2336, 20.5335, 36.8095)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EA2 #77A26E

analogous

#7F6EA2 #996EA2 #A26E91

triadic

#996EA2 #A2996E #6EA299

tetradic

#996EA2 #A27F6E #77A26E #6E91A2

square

#996EA2 #A27F6E #77A26E #6E91A2

split-complementary

#996EA2 #91A26E #6EA27F

monochromatic

#553A5B #785280 #996EA2 #B393BA #CDB9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#996EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#996EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EA2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EA2	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.091 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898bd',
    500: '#996ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ea2;
$custom-light: #b898bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 21.849,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EA2

secondary

#AFC1AB

accent

#BE6978

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EA2

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

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