#996FA2#996FA2

#996FA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.089 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FA2
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 31%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 25.80, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 33.24, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.0689 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.09 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3421, 20.7505, 36.8457)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FA2 #78A26F

analogous

#7F6FA2 #996FA2 #A26F91

triadic

#996FA2 #A2996F #6FA299

tetradic

#996FA2 #A27F6F #78A26F #6F91A2

square

#996FA2 #A27F6F #78A26F #6F91A2

split-complementary

#996FA2 #91A26F #6FA27F

monochromatic

#563B5C #795381 #996FA2 #B394BA #CEB9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#996FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#996FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FA2

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FA2	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.089 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b799bd',
    500: '#996fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fa2;
$custom-light: #b799bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 21.519,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60225,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FA2

secondary

#AFC1AB

accent

#BE6A79

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FA2

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

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