#996EDB#996EDB

#996EDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.162 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EDB
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 39.48, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 63.58, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.081 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.162 300)
XYZ	xyz(31.4960, 23.0384, 69.7916)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EDB #B0DB6E

analogous

#6E7ADB #996EDB #D06EDB

triadic

#996EDB #DB996E #6EDB99

tetradic

#996EDB #DB6E7A #B0DB6E #6EDBD0

square

#996EDB #DB6E7A #B0DB6E #6EDBD0

split-complementary

#996EDB #DBD06E #7ADB6E

monochromatic

#5A29A6 #773DCF #996EDB #BB9FE7 #DED0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#996EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#996EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EDB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EDB	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4984DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.162 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98e7',
    500: '#996edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996edb;
$custom-light: #ba98e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.67,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.162,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.23039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EDB

secondary

#D6E5C0

accent

#C81E85

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EDB

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

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