#996FC8#996FC8

#996FC8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.136 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FC8
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 44.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 34.29, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 52.88, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0773 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.136 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2444, 22.3114, 57.3983)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FC8 #9EC86F

analogous

#6F71C8 #996FC8 #C66FC8

triadic

#996FC8 #C8996F #6FC899

tetradic

#996FC8 #C86F71 #9EC86F #6FC8C6

square

#996FC8 #C86F71 #9EC86F #6FC8C6

split-complementary

#996FC8 #C8C66F #71C86F

monochromatic

#5C3488 #7A45B5 #996FC8 #B89BD9 #D8C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#996FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FC8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FC8	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5881CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.136 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999d9',
    500: '#996fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fc8;
$custom-light: #b999d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 44.724,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62046,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FC8

secondary

#CADAB9

accent

#B82E77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FC8

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

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