#996EDA#996EDA

#996EDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.161 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EDA
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 39.23, -49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 63.05, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0809 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.161 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3647, 22.9859, 69.1004)
Luminance	0.2299 (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

#996EDA #AFDA6E

analogous

#6E79DA #996EDA #CF6EDA

triadic

#996EDA #DA996E #6EDA99

tetradic

#996EDA #DA6E79 #AFDA6E #6EDACF

square

#996EDA #DA6E79 #AFDA6E #6EDACF

split-complementary

#996EDA #DACF6E #79DA6E

monochromatic

#5A2AA4 #773DCE #996EDA #BB9FE6 #DED0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#996EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#996EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EDA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EDA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A83DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.161 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e6',
    500: '#996eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eda;
$custom-light: #ba98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EDA

secondary

#D6E5BF

accent

#C71F84

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EDA

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

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