#996FCE#996FCE

#996FCE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.144 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FCE
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 35.73, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 56.06, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0781 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.144 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9594, 22.5974, 61.1640)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FCE #A4CE6F

analogous

#6F75CE #996FCE #C86FCE

triadic

#996FCE #CE996F #6FCE99

tetradic

#996FCE #CE6F75 #A4CE6F #6FCEC8

square

#996FCE #CE6F75 #A4CE6F #6FCEC8

split-complementary

#996FCE #CEC86F #75CE6F

monochromatic

#5C3191 #7941BE #996FCE #B99DDE #DACAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#996FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#996FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FCE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FCE	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.144 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999dd',
    500: '#996fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fce;
$custom-light: #b999dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.526,
    "s": 49.223,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FCE

secondary

#CEDEBB

accent

#BD297B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FCE

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

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