#996FC7#996FC7

#996FC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.135 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FC7
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 199)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 34.05, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 52.36, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0771 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.135 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1280, 22.2648, 56.7848)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FC7 #9DC76F

analogous

#6F71C7 #996FC7 #C56FC7

triadic

#996FC7 #C7996F #6FC799

tetradic

#996FC7 #C76F71 #9DC76F #6FC7C5

square

#996FC7 #C76F71 #9DC76F #6FC7C5

split-complementary

#996FC7 #C7C56F #71C76F

monochromatic

#5C3587 #7A46B3 #996FC7 #B89BD8 #D7C7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#996FC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#996FC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FC7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FC7	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5981CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.135 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999d8',
    500: '#996fc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fc7;
$custom-light: #b999d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61994,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FC7

secondary

#CADAB8

accent

#B72E76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FC7

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

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