#996EFD#996EFD

#996EFD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.204 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EFD
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 253)
HSL	hsl(258, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 48.18, -65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 81.42, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0824 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.204 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4377, 25.0151, 95.8181)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EFD #D2FD6E

analogous

#6E8AFD #996EFD #E06EFD

triadic

#996EFD #FD996E #6EFD99

tetradic

#996EFD #FD6E8A #D2FD6E #6EFDE0

square

#996EFD #FD6E8A #D2FD6E #6EFDE0

split-complementary

#996EFD #FDE06E #8AFD6E

monochromatic

#4A03ED #6F32FC #996EFD #C3AAFE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#996EFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#996EFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EFD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EFD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C8BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E87FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996efd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.204 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99ff',
    500: '#996efd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996efd;
$custom-light: #bc99ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996efd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.042,
    "s": 97.279,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65032,
    "c": 0.20406,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EFD

secondary

#EBF6D1

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EFD

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

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