#996EEE#996EEE

#996EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.186 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EEE
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 53.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 44.29, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 73.59, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.0822 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.186 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1415, 24.0967, 83.7247)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EEE #C3EE6E

analogous

#6E83EE #996EEE #D96EEE

triadic

#996EEE #EE996E #6EEE99

tetradic

#996EEE #EE6E83 #C3EE6E #6EEED9

square

#996EEE #EE6E83 #C3EE6E #6EEED9

split-complementary

#996EEE #EED96E #83EE6E

monochromatic

#5418CA #7237E8 #996EEE #C0A5F4 #E6DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#996EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#996EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EEE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EEE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3687F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4385EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8588A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.186 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f4',
    500: '#996eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eee;
$custom-light: #bb99f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.156,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64073,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EEE

secondary

#E2EFC8

accent

#DB0A95

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EEE

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

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