#996EBD#996EBD

#996EBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.124 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EBD
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 41.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 32.29, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 47.73, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.0768 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.124 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8964, 21.5986, 50.8336)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EBD #92BD6E

analogous

#716EBD #996EBD #BD6EB9

triadic

#996EBD #BD996E #6EBD99

tetradic

#996EBD #BD716E #92BD6E #6EB9BD

square

#996EBD #BD716E #92BD6E #6EB9BD

split-complementary

#996EBD #B9BD6E #6EBD71

monochromatic

#5B3779 #7B4AA3 #996EBD #B798D0 #D4C2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#996EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#996EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EBD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EBD	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.124 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898d1',
    500: '#996ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ebd;
$custom-light: #b898d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61304,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EBD

secondary

#C2D3B4

accent

#CD5A8F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EBD

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

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