#996ECF#996ECF

#996ECF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.147 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ECF
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 207)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 46.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 36.54, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 57.23, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0796 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.147 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9728, 22.4292, 61.7696)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ECF #A4CF6E

analogous

#6E74CF #996ECF #CA6ECF

triadic

#996ECF #CF996E #6ECF99

tetradic

#996ECF #CF6E74 #A4CF6E #6ECFCA

square

#996ECF #CF6E74 #A4CF6E #6ECFCA

split-complementary

#996ECF #CFCA6E #74CF6E

monochromatic

#5C3092 #7940C0 #996ECF #B99CDE #DACAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#996ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#996ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ECF

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ECF	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5281D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.147 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998de',
    500: '#996ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ecf;
$custom-light: #b998de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 50.259,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ECF

secondary

#CEDEBB

accent

#BE287B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ECF

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

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