#996EF8#996EF8

#996EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.198 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EF8
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 55.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 46.87, -63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 78.82, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0824 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.198 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6516, 24.7007, 91.6781)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EF8 #CDF86E

analogous

#6E88F8 #996EF8 #DE6EF8

triadic

#996EF8 #F8996E #6EF899

tetradic

#996EF8 #F86E88 #CDF86E #6EF8DE

square

#996EF8 #F86E88 #CDF86E #6EF8DE

split-complementary

#996EF8 #F8DE6E #88F86E

monochromatic

#4E0BE1 #7034F5 #996EF8 #C2A8FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#996EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#996EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EF8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EF8	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#278AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3686F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.198 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fb',
    500: '#996ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ef8;
$custom-light: #bc99fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.696,
    "s": 90.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64707,
    "c": 0.19795,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EF8

secondary

#E8F4CE

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EF8

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

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