#996ECE#996ECE

#996ECE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.146 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECE
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 36.30, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 56.70, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0795 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.146 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8509, 22.3804, 61.1278)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECE #A3CE6E

analogous

#6E73CE #996ECE #C96ECE

triadic

#996ECE #CE996E #6ECE99

tetradic

#996ECE #CE6E73 #A3CE6E #6ECEC9

square

#996ECE #CE6E73 #A3CE6E #6ECEC9

split-complementary

#996ECE #CEC96E #73CE6E

monochromatic

#5C3191 #7940BE #996ECE #B99CDD #D9C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#996ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#996ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.146 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998dd',
    500: '#996ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ece;
$custom-light: #b998dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECE

secondary

#CEDEBA

accent

#BD297A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECE

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

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