#996EA4#996EA4

#996EA4 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EA4
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 26.79, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 34.91, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.071 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.094 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4127, 20.6052, 37.7533)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EA4 #79A46E

analogous

#7E6EA4 #996EA4 #A46E94

triadic

#996EA4 #A4996E #6EA499

tetradic

#996EA4 #A47E6E #79A46E #6E94A4

square

#996EA4 #A47E6E #79A46E #6E94A4

split-complementary

#996EA4 #94A46E #6EA47E

monochromatic

#563A5D #795283 #996EA4 #B394BC #CEB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#996EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#996EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EA4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EA4	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898bf',
    500: '#996ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ea4;
$custom-light: #b898bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60128,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EA4

secondary

#B0C2AB

accent

#BF687A

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EA4

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

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