#996EFB#996EFB

#996EFB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.202 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EFB
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 251)
HSL	hsl(258, 95%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 56.2%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 47.66, -64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 80.38, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0824 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.202 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1208, 24.8884, 94.1489)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EFB #D0FB6E

analogous

#6E89FB #996EFB #E06EFB

triadic

#996EFB #FB996E #6EFB99

tetradic

#996EFB #FB6E89 #D0FB6E #6EFBE0

square

#996EFB #FB6E89 #D0FB6E #6EFBE0

split-complementary

#996EFB #FBE06E #89FB6E

monochromatic

#4B06E8 #6F32F9 #996EFB #C3AAFD #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#996EFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#996EFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EFB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EFB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#218AFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3186F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996efb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.202 294.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996efb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.298,
    "s": 94.631,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64901,
    "c": 0.20162,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EFB

secondary

#EAF5CF

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EFB

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

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