#996EFA#996EFA

#996EFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.200 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EFA
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 250)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 56%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 47.40, -64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 79.86, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0824 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.2 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9636, 24.8255, 93.3209)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EFA #CFFA6E

analogous

#6E89FA #996EFA #DF6EFA

triadic

#996EFA #FA996E #6EFA99

tetradic

#996EFA #FA6E89 #CFFA6E #6EFADF

square

#996EFA #FA6E89 #CFFA6E #6EFADF

split-complementary

#996EFA #FADF6E #89FA6E

monochromatic

#4C08E6 #6F33F8 #996EFA #C3A9FC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#996EFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#996EFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EFA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EFA	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#238AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3386F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996efa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.200 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fd',
    500: '#996efa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996efa;
$custom-light: #bc99fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996efa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.429,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.2004,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EFA

secondary

#E9F5CF

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EFA

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

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