#996EFF#996EFF

#996EFF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.206 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996EFF
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 56.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 48.70, -66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 82.46, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0824 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.206 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7580, 25.1432, 97.5048)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996EFF #D4FF6E

analogous

#6E8CFF #996EFF #E26EFF

triadic

#996EFF #FF996E #6EFF99

tetradic

#996EFF #FF6E8C #D4FF6E #6EFFE2

square

#996EFF #FF6E8C #D4FF6E #6EFFE2

split-complementary

#996EFF #FFE26E #8CFF6E

monochromatic

#4800F3 #6E31FF #996EFF #C4ABFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#996EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#996EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996EFF

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996EFF	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#168BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A87FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.206 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd99ff',
    500: '#996eff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996eff;
$custom-light: #bd99ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.793,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996EFF

secondary

#ECF7D2

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996EFF

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

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