#996EC5#996EC5

#996EC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.134 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EC5
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 197)
HSL	hsl(270, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 44.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 34.15, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 51.94, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0782 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.134 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7888, 21.9556, 55.5337)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EC5 #9AC56E

analogous

#6E6FC5 #996EC5 #C46EC5

triadic

#996EC5 #C5996E #6EC599

tetradic

#996EC5 #C56E6F #9AC56E #6EC5C4

square

#996EC5 #C56E6F #9AC56E #6EC5C4

split-complementary

#996EC5 #C5C46E #6FC56E

monochromatic

#5C3584 #7A46B0 #996EC5 #B89AD6 #D7C5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#996EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EC5

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EC5	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5880C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.134 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d7',
    500: '#996ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ec5;
$custom-light: #b998d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61716,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EC5

secondary

#C8D8B7

accent

#B63074

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EC5

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

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