#996EE5#996EE5

#996EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.174 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE5
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 41.99, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 68.86, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0817 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.175 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8522, 23.5809, 76.9343)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE5 #BAE56E

analogous

#6E7FE5 #996EE5 #D56EE5

triadic

#996EE5 #E5996E #6EE599

tetradic

#996EE5 #E56E7F #BAE56E #6EE5D5

square

#996EE5 #E56E7F #BAE56E #6EE5D5

split-complementary

#996EE5 #E5D56E #7FE56E

monochromatic

#5721B8 #743ADC #996EE5 #BEA2EE #E2D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#996EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#996EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE5	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4186E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.174 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99ee',
    500: '#996ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee5;
$custom-light: #bb99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63522,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE5

secondary

#DDEBC4

accent

#D2148D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE5

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

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