#996FBD#996FBD

#996FBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.122 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FBD
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 41.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 31.72, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 47.08, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.0753 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.122 308)
XYZ	xyz(28.0049, 21.8156, 50.8698)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FBD #93BD6F

analogous

#726FBD #996FBD #BD6FBA

triadic

#996FBD #BD996F #6FBD99

tetradic

#996FBD #BD726F #93BD6F #6FBABD

square

#996FBD #BD726F #93BD6F #6FBABD

split-complementary

#996FBD #BABD6F #6FBD72

monochromatic

#5B387A #7B4BA4 #996FBD #B799D0 #D4C3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#996FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#996FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FBD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FBD	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.122 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899d1',
    500: '#996fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fbd;
$custom-light: #b899d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6148,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.21815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FBD

secondary

#C3D3B5

accent

#CD5B8F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FBD

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

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