#996FD4#996FD4

#996FD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.152 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FD4
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 47.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 37.19, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 59.24, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0789 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.152 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7023, 22.8946, 65.0762)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FD4 #AAD46F

analogous

#6F77D4 #996FD4 #CB6FD4

triadic

#996FD4 #D4996F #6FD499

tetradic

#996FD4 #D46F77 #AAD46F #6FD4CB

square

#996FD4 #D46F77 #AAD46F #6FD4CB

split-complementary

#996FD4 #D4CB6F #77D46F

monochromatic

#5B2E9A #7840C6 #996FD4 #BA9EE2 #DCCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#996FD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#996FD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FD4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FD4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5083D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.152 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b999e2',
    500: '#996fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fd4;
$custom-light: #b999e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 54.011,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.627,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FD4

secondary

#D2E1BD

accent

#C12480

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FD4

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

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