#996ECD#996ECD

#996ECD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.144 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECD
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 46.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 36.06, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 56.17, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0794 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.144 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7299, 22.3320, 60.4900)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECD #A2CD6E

analogous

#6E73CD #996ECD #C96ECD

triadic

#996ECD #CD996E #6ECD99

tetradic

#996ECD #CD6E73 #A2CD6E #6ECDC9

square

#996ECD #CD6E73 #A2CD6E #6ECDC9

split-complementary

#996ECD #CDC96E #73CD6E

monochromatic

#5C318F #7941BD #996ECD #B99CDD #D9C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#996ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECD	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.144 303.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.158,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECD

secondary

#CDDDBA

accent

#BC297A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECD

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

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