#996EE2#996EE2

#996EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.171 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE2
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 41.23, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 67.28, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0815 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.171 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4369, 23.4148, 74.7473)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE2 #B7E26E

analogous

#6E7DE2 #996EE2 #D36EE2

triadic

#996EE2 #E2996E #6EE299

tetradic

#996EE2 #E26E7D #B7E26E #6EE2D3

square

#996EE2 #E26E7D #B7E26E #6EE2D3

split-complementary

#996EE2 #E2D36E #7DE26E

monochromatic

#5824B2 #753BD8 #996EE2 #BDA1EC #E1D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#996EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE2

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE2	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4385E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.171 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ec',
    500: '#996ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee2;
$custom-light: #ba99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.241,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63342,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE2

secondary

#DBE9C3

accent

#CF178A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE2

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

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