#996EF6#996EF6

#996EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.196 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EF6
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 55.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 46.35, -62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 77.78, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0824 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.196 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3430, 24.5773, 90.0527)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EF6 #CBF66E

analogous

#6E87F6 #996EF6 #DD6EF6

triadic

#996EF6 #F6996E #6EF699

tetradic

#996EF6 #F66E87 #CBF66E #6EF6DD

square

#996EF6 #F66E87 #CBF66E #6EF6DD

split-complementary

#996EF6 #F6DD6E #87F66E

monochromatic

#4F0EDC #7034F2 #996EF6 #C2A8FA #EAE1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#996EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#996EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EF6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EF6	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B89FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3986F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.196 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fa',
    500: '#996ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ef6;
$custom-light: #bc99fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.971,
    "s": 88.312,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64578,
    "c": 0.19551,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EF6

secondary

#E7F3CD

accent

#E5019D

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EF6

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

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