#996EF1#996EF1

#996EF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.189 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EF1
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 241)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 54.4%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 45.06, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 75.16, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0823 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.189 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5859, 24.2744, 86.0653)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EF1 #C6F16E

analogous

#6E85F1 #996EF1 #DB6EF1

triadic

#996EF1 #F1996E #6EF199

tetradic

#996EF1 #F16E85 #C6F16E #6EF1DB

square

#996EF1 #F16E85 #C6F16E #6EF1DB

split-complementary

#996EF1 #F1DB6E #85F16E

monochromatic

#5214D0 #7236EC #996EF1 #C0A6F6 #E8DEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#996EF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#996EF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EF1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EF1	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3288F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4085EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8489A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ef1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.189 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f6',
    500: '#996ef1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ef1;
$custom-light: #bb99f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ef1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.695,
    "s": 82.39,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64261,
    "c": 0.18937,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EF1

secondary

#E4F1CA

accent

#DF0798

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EF1

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

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