#996ECC#996ECC

#996ECC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.143 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECC
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 204)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 46.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 35.82, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 55.64, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0792 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.143 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6095, 22.2839, 59.8564)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECC #A1CC6E

analogous

#6E72CC #996ECC #C86ECC

triadic

#996ECC #CC996E #6ECC99

tetradic

#996ECC #CC6E72 #A1CC6E #6ECCC8

square

#996ECC #CC6E72 #A1CC6E #6ECCC8

split-complementary

#996ECC #CCC86E #72CC6E

monochromatic

#5C328E #7942BB #996ECC #B99BDC #D9C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#996ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECC	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.143 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998dc',
    500: '#996ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ecc;
$custom-light: #b998dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 47.959,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECC

secondary

#CCDCB9

accent

#BB2A79

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECC

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

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