#996EEC#996EEC

#996EEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.183 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EEC
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 53.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 43.77, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 72.54, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0821 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.183 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8493, 23.9798, 82.1858)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EEC #C1EC6E

analogous

#6E82EC #996EEC #D86EEC

triadic

#996EEC #EC996E #6EEC99

tetradic

#996EEC #EC6E82 #C1EC6E #6EECD8

square

#996EEC #EC6E82 #C1EC6E #6EECD8

split-complementary

#996EEC #ECD86E #82EC6E

monochromatic

#551AC6 #7338E5 #996EEC #BFA4F3 #E5DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#996EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#996EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EEC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EEC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3987F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4585E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8687A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.183 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f3',
    500: '#996eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eec;
$custom-light: #bb99f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.476,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63949,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EEC

secondary

#E1EEC7

accent

#D90C93

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EEC

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

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