#996EE9#996EE9

#996EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.179 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EE9
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 52.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 43.01, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 70.97, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.082 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.179 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4171, 23.8069, 79.9096)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EE9 #BEE96E

analogous

#6E80E9 #996EE9 #D76EE9

triadic

#996EE9 #E9996E #6EE999

tetradic

#996EE9 #E96E80 #BEE96E #6EE9D7

square

#996EE9 #E96E80 #BEE96E #6EE9D7

split-complementary

#996EE9 #E9D76E #80E96E

monochromatic

#561DC0 #7439E1 #996EE9 #BEA3F1 #E4D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#996EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EE9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EE9	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C86ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8787A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.179 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f1',
    500: '#996ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ee9;
$custom-light: #bb99f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.976,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63765,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EE9

secondary

#DFEDC6

accent

#D61091

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EE9

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

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