#996FBB#996FBB

#996FBB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.120 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FBB
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 31.26, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 46.03, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.0749 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.12 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7893, 21.7294, 49.7343)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FBB #91BB6F

analogous

#736FBB #996FBB #BB6FB7

triadic

#996FBB #BB996F #6FBB99

tetradic

#996FBB #BB736F #91BB6F #6FB7BB

square

#996FBB #BB736F #91BB6F #6FB7BB

split-complementary

#996FBB #B7BB6F #6FBB73

monochromatic

#5B3877 #7B4CA1 #996FBB #B699CF #D4C2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#996FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#996FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FBB

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FBB	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.120 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899cf',
    500: '#996fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fbb;
$custom-light: #b899cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6138,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FBB

secondary

#C1D2B4

accent

#CC5C8E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FBB

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

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