#996FC9#996FC9

#996FC9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.138 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FC9
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 201)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 44.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 34.53, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 53.41, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0774 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.138 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3617, 22.3583, 58.0158)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FC9 #9FC96F

analogous

#6F72C9 #996FC9 #C66FC9

triadic

#996FC9 #C9996F #6FC999

tetradic

#996FC9 #C96F72 #9FC96F #6FC9C6

square

#996FC9 #C96F72 #9FC96F #6FC9C6

split-complementary

#996FC9 #C9C66F #72C96F

monochromatic

#5C348A #7A44B6 #996FC9 #B99CDA #D8C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#996FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#996FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FC9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FC9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5781CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.138 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999da',
    500: '#996fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fc9;
$custom-light: #b999da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FC9

secondary

#CBDBB9

accent

#B92D77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FC9

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

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