#996EEA#996EEA

#996EEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.181 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EEA
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 53%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 43.26, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 71.49, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.082 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.181 297)
XYZ	xyz(33.5604, 23.8642, 80.6641)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EEA #BFEA6E

analogous

#6E81EA #996EEA #D76EEA

triadic

#996EEA #EA996E #6EEA99

tetradic

#996EEA #EA6E81 #BFEA6E #6EEAD7

square

#996EEA #EA6E81 #BFEA6E #6EEAD7

split-complementary

#996EEA #EAD76E #81EA6E

monochromatic

#551CC2 #7339E2 #996EEA #BFA3F2 #E4D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#996EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EEA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EEA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B87EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4785E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8787A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.181 297.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.806,
    "s": 74.699,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63826,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.23865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EEA

secondary

#E0EDC7

accent

#D70F91

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EEA

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

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