#996FCD#996FCD

#996FCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.143 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FCD
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 45.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 35.49, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 55.53, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.078 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.143 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8384, 22.5490, 60.5262)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FCD #A3CD6F

analogous

#6F74CD #996FCD #C86FCD

triadic

#996FCD #CD996F #6FCD99

tetradic

#996FCD #CD6F74 #A3CD6F #6FCDC8

square

#996FCD #CD6F74 #A3CD6F #6FCDC8

split-complementary

#996FCD #CDC86F #74CD6F

monochromatic

#5C3290 #7942BD #996FCD #B99CDD #D9CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#996FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#996FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FCD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FCD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.143 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999dc',
    500: '#996fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fcd;
$custom-light: #b999dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FCD

secondary

#CEDDBB

accent

#BC2A7B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FCD

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

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