#996EE7#996EE7

#996EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.177 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE7
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 52.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 42.50, -55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 69.91, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0819 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.177 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1330, 23.6933, 78.4135)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE7 #BCE76E

analogous

#6E80E7 #996EE7 #D56EE7

triadic

#996EE7 #E7996E #6EE799

tetradic

#996EE7 #E76E80 #BCE76E #6EE7D5

square

#996EE7 #E76E80 #BCE76E #6EE7D5

split-complementary

#996EE7 #E7D56E #80E76E

monochromatic

#571FBC #7439DE #996EE7 #BEA3F0 #E3D7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#996EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#996EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE7

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE7	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E86EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8886A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.177 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99ef',
    500: '#996ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee7;
$custom-light: #bb99ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.322,
    "s": 71.598,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63643,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE7

secondary

#DEECC5

accent

#D4128F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE7

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

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