#996FC0#996FC0

#996FC0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.126 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FC0
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 192)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 42.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 32.41, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 48.66, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.0759 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.126 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3339, 21.9472, 52.6025)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FC0 #96C06F

analogous

#716FC0 #996FC0 #C06FBF

triadic

#996FC0 #C0996F #6FC099

tetradic

#996FC0 #C0716F #96C06F #6FBFC0

square

#996FC0 #C0716F #96C06F #6FBFC0

split-complementary

#996FC0 #BFC06F #6FC071

monochromatic

#5C377E #7B4AA8 #996FC0 #B79AD3 #D5C4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#996FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#996FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FC0

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FC0	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.126 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b899d3',
    500: '#996fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fc0;
$custom-light: #b899d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FC0

secondary

#C5D5B6

accent

#CF5992

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110E14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FC0

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

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