#996EBC#996EBC

#996EBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.123 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EBC
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 188)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 32.06, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 47.21, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0766 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.123 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7882, 21.5553, 50.2639)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EBC #91BC6E

analogous

#726EBC #996EBC #BC6EB8

triadic

#996EBC #BC996E #6EBC99

tetradic

#996EBC #BC726E #91BC6E #6EB8BC

square

#996EBC #BC726E #91BC6E #6EB8BC

split-complementary

#996EBC #B8BC6E #6EBC72

monochromatic

#5B3778 #7B4BA2 #996EBC #B698CF #D4C2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#996EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#996EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EBC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EBC	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.123 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898d0',
    500: '#996ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ebc;
$custom-light: #b898d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EBC

secondary

#C1D2B3

accent

#CD5B8E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EBC

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

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