#996ED4#996ED4

#996ED4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.153 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996ED4
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 37.76, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 59.88, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0803 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.153 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5938, 22.6776, 65.0400)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996ED4 #A9D46E

analogous

#6E76D4 #996ED4 #CC6ED4

triadic

#996ED4 #D4996E #6ED499

tetradic

#996ED4 #D46E76 #A9D46E #6ED4CC

square

#996ED4 #D46E76 #A9D46E #6ED4CC

split-complementary

#996ED4 #D4CC6E #76D46E

monochromatic

#5B2E9A #783FC6 #996ED4 #BA9DE2 #DBCCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#996ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#996ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996ED4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996ED4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F82D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.153 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998e2',
    500: '#996ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ed4;
$custom-light: #b998e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996ED4

secondary

#D2E1BD

accent

#C2247F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996ED4

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

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