#996EC9#996EC9

#996EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.139 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EC9
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 35.10, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 54.06, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0788 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.139 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2532, 22.1413, 57.9796)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EC9 #9EC96E

analogous

#6E70C9 #996EC9 #C76EC9

triadic

#996EC9 #C9996E #6EC999

tetradic

#996EC9 #C96E70 #9EC96E #6EC9C7

square

#996EC9 #C96E70 #9EC96E #6EC9C7

split-complementary

#996EC9 #C9C76E #70C96E

monochromatic

#5C3389 #7A44B6 #996EC9 #B89BDA #D8C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#996EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#996EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EC9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EC9	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5680CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.139 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998da',
    500: '#996ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ec9;
$custom-light: #b998da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61928,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EC9

secondary

#CADBB8

accent

#B92D77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EC9

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

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