#996ECB#996ECB

#996ECB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.142 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECB
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 35.58, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 55.11, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0791 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.142 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4900, 22.2360, 59.2267)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECB #A0CB6E

analogous

#6E72CB #996ECB #C86ECB

triadic

#996ECB #CB996E #6ECB99

tetradic

#996ECB #CB6E72 #A0CB6E #6ECBC8

square

#996ECB #CB6E72 #A0CB6E #6ECBC8

split-complementary

#996ECB #CBC86E #72CB6E

monochromatic

#5C328C #7942B9 #996ECB #B99BDB #D8C8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#996ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#996ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECB	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5581CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.142 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998db',
    500: '#996ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ecb;
$custom-light: #b998db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 47.208,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECB

secondary

#CCDCB9

accent

#BA2B78

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECB

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

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