#996EE0#996EE0

#996EE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.168 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE0
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 224)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 40.73, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 66.22, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0814 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.168 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1641, 23.3057, 73.3105)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE0 #B5E06E

analogous

#6E7CE0 #996EE0 #D26EE0

triadic

#996EE0 #E0996E #6EE099

tetradic

#996EE0 #E06E7C #B5E06E #6EE0D2

square

#996EE0 #E06E7C #B5E06E #6EE0D2

split-complementary

#996EE0 #E0D26E #7CE06E

monochromatic

#5925AE #763CD5 #996EE0 #BCA0EB #E0D3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#996EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#996EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE0

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE0	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4585E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.168 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ea',
    500: '#996ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee0;
$custom-light: #ba98ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.632,
    "s": 64.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63224,
    "c": 0.16826,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE0

secondary

#DAE8C2

accent

#CD1989

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE0

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

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