#996EC6#996EC6

#996EC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.136 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EC6
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 34.39, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 52.47, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.0784 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.136 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9037, 22.0015, 56.1392)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EC6 #9BC66E

analogous

#6E6FC6 #996EC6 #C56EC6

triadic

#996EC6 #C6996E #6EC699

tetradic

#996EC6 #C66E6F #9BC66E #6EC6C5

square

#996EC6 #C66E6F #9BC66E #6EC6C5

split-complementary

#996EC6 #C6C56E #6FC66E

monochromatic

#5C3485 #7A46B1 #996EC6 #B89AD7 #D7C6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#996EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#996EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EC6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EC6	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5880C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.136 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d7',
    500: '#996ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ec6;
$custom-light: #b998d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.318,
    "s": 43.564,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61769,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EC6

secondary

#C8D9B7

accent

#B72F74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EC6

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

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