#996FCF#996FCF

#996FCF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.145 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FCF
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 207)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 46%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 46.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 35.97, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 56.59, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0783 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.145 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0813, 22.6462, 61.8058)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FCF #A5CF6F

analogous

#6F75CF #996FCF #C96FCF

triadic

#996FCF #CF996F #6FCF99

tetradic

#996FCF #CF6F75 #A5CF6F #6FCFC9

square

#996FCF #CF6F75 #A5CF6F #6FCFC9

split-complementary

#996FCF #CFC96F #75CF6F

monochromatic

#5C3193 #7841C0 #996FCF #BA9DDE #DACBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#996FCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#996FCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FCF

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FCF	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.145 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999de',
    500: '#996fcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fcf;
$custom-light: #b999de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FCF

secondary

#CFDEBB

accent

#BD287C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FCF

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

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