#996EBA#996EBA

#996EBA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.120 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EBA
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 186)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 31.60, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 46.16, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.0762 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.12 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5741, 21.4697, 49.1363)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EBA #8FBA6E

analogous

#736EBA #996EBA #BA6EB5

triadic

#996EBA #BA996E #6EBA99

tetradic

#996EBA #BA736E #8FBA6E #6EB5BA

square

#996EBA #BA736E #8FBA6E #6EB5BA

split-complementary

#996EBA #B5BA6E #6EBA73

monochromatic

#5B3876 #7B4C9F #996EBA #B697CE #D3C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#996EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#996EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EBA

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EBA	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95798B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.120 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898cf',
    500: '#996eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eba;
$custom-light: #b898cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.947,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61154,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EBA

secondary

#C0D1B3

accent

#CC5C8D

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EBA

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

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