#996EC7#996EC7

#996EC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.137 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EC7
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 199)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 44.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 34.62, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 53.00, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.0785 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.137 305)
XYZ	xyz(29.0195, 22.0478, 56.7486)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EC7 #9CC76E

analogous

#6E6FC7 #996EC7 #C66EC7

triadic

#996EC7 #C7996E #6EC799

tetradic

#996EC7 #C76E6F #9CC76E #6EC7C6

square

#996EC7 #C76E6F #9CC76E #6EC7C6

split-complementary

#996EC7 #C7C66E #6FC76E

monochromatic

#5C3487 #7A45B3 #996EC7 #B89AD8 #D7C6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#996EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#996EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EC7

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EC7	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5780CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.137 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d8',
    500: '#996ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ec7;
$custom-light: #b998d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 44.279,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61821,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.22048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EC7

secondary

#C9D9B7

accent

#B72E75

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EC7

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

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