#996EBF#996EBF

#996EBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.127 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EBF
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 42.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 32.75, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 48.78, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.0772 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.127 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1149, 21.6860, 51.9848)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EBF #94BF6E

analogous

#716EBF #996EBF #BF6EBD

triadic

#996EBF #BF996E #6EBF99

tetradic

#996EBF #BF716E #94BF6E #6EBDBF

square

#996EBF #BF716E #94BF6E #6EBDBF

split-complementary

#996EBF #BDBF6E #6EBF71

monochromatic

#5B377C #7B49A6 #996EBF #B798D2 #D5C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#996EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#996EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EBF

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EBF	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.127 307.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EBF

secondary

#C3D4B5

accent

#CF5990

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EBF

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

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