#996EE3#996EE3

#996EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.172 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE3
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 51.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 41.49, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 67.81, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0816 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.172 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5746, 23.4699, 75.4721)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE3 #B8E36E

analogous

#6E7DE3 #996EE3 #D36EE3

triadic

#996EE3 #E3996E #6EE399

tetradic

#996EE3 #E36E7D #B8E36E #6EE3D3

square

#996EE3 #E36E7D #B8E36E #6EE3D3

split-complementary

#996EE3 #E3D36E #7DE36E

monochromatic

#5823B4 #753BD9 #996EE3 #BDA1ED #E1D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#996EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4285E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.172 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ec',
    500: '#996ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee3;
$custom-light: #ba99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.051,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63402,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE3

secondary

#DBEAC3

accent

#D0168B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE3

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

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