#996EA7#996EA7

#996EA7 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EA7
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(285, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 27.42, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 36.40, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0718 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.097 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6869, 20.7148, 39.1969)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EA7 #7CA76E

analogous

#7D6EA7 #996EA7 #A76E99

triadic

#996EA7 #A7996E #6EA799

tetradic

#996EA7 #A77D6E #7CA76E #6E99A7

square

#996EA7 #A77D6E #7CA76E #6E99A7

split-complementary

#996EA7 #99A76E #6EA77D

monochromatic

#573A60 #795286 #996EA7 #B494BE #CFBAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#996EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#996EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EA7

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EA7	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898c1',
    500: '#996ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ea7;
$custom-light: #b898c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 24.464,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60261,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EA7

secondary

#B2C4AC

accent

#C1677D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EA7

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

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