#996EC8#996EC8

#996EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.138 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EC8
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 34.86, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 53.53, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0787 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.138 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1359, 22.0944, 57.3621)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EC8 #9DC86E

analogous

#6E70C8 #996EC8 #C66EC8

triadic

#996EC8 #C8996E #6EC899

tetradic

#996EC8 #C86E70 #9DC86E #6EC8C6

square

#996EC8 #C86E70 #9DC86E #6EC8C6

split-complementary

#996EC8 #C8C66E #70C86E

monochromatic

#5C3488 #7A44B4 #996EC8 #B89AD9 #D7C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#996EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#996EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EC8

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EC8	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5780CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.138 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998d9',
    500: '#996ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ec8;
$custom-light: #b998d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61875,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EC8

secondary

#CADAB8

accent

#B82D76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EC8

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

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