#996EF4#996EF4

#996EF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.193 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EF4
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 54.9%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 45.84, -61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 76.73, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0823 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.193 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0377, 24.4551, 88.4447)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EF4 #C9F46E

analogous

#6E86F4 #996EF4 #DC6EF4

triadic

#996EF4 #F4996E #6EF499

tetradic

#996EF4 #F46E86 #C9F46E #6EF4DC

square

#996EF4 #F46E86 #C9F46E #6EF4DC

split-complementary

#996EF4 #F4DC6E #86F46E

monochromatic

#5010D7 #7135F0 #996EF4 #C1A7F8 #E9E0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#996EF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#996EF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EF4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EF4	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E89F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C86F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.193 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99f8',
    500: '#996ef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ef4;
$custom-light: #bc99f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.254,
    "s": 85.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64451,
    "c": 0.19306,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EF4

secondary

#E6F2CC

accent

#E2039B

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EF4

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

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