#996FAC#996FAC

#996FAC is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.101 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FAC
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 172)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 35.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 27.92, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 38.25, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.0716 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.101 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2665, 21.1203, 41.7147)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FAC #82AC6F

analogous

#7A6FAC #996FAC #AC6FA0

triadic

#996FAC #AC996F #6FAC99

tetradic

#996FAC #AC7A6F #82AC6F #6FA0AC

square

#996FAC #AC7A6F #82AC6F #6FA0AC

split-complementary

#996FAC #A0AC6F #6FAC7A

monochromatic

#583B66 #7A518D #996FAC #B496C2 #D0BDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#996FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#996FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FAC

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FAC	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.101 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899c5',
    500: '#996fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fac;
$custom-light: #b899c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.311,
    "s": 26.872,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60666,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FAC

secondary

#B7C8AF

accent

#C36582

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FAC

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

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