#996EBE#996EBE

#996EBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.125 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EBE
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 190)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 32.52, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 48.26, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.077 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.125 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0053, 21.6422, 51.4072)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EBE #93BE6E

analogous

#716EBE #996EBE #BE6EBB

triadic

#996EBE #BE996E #6EBE99

tetradic

#996EBE #BE716E #93BE6E #6EBBBE

square

#996EBE #BE716E #93BE6E #6EBBBE

split-complementary

#996EBE #BBBE6E #6EBE71

monochromatic

#5B377B #7B4AA5 #996EBE #B798D1 #D4C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#996EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#996EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EBE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EBE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.125 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898d2',
    500: '#996ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ebe;
$custom-light: #b898d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61355,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EBE

secondary

#C3D4B4

accent

#CE5A90

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EBE

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

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