#996FD9#996FD9

#996FD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.158 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FD9
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 48.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 38.42, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 61.89, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0795 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.158 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3428, 23.1508, 68.4495)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FD9 #AFD96F

analogous

#6F7AD9 #996FD9 #CE6FD9

triadic

#996FD9 #D9996F #6FD999

tetradic

#996FD9 #D96F7A #AFD96F #6FD9CE

square

#996FD9 #D96F7A #AFD96F #6FD9CE

split-complementary

#996FD9 #D9CE6F #7AD96F

monochromatic

#5A2BA3 #773FCC #996FD9 #BB9FE6 #DED0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#996FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#996FD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FD9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FD9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D84DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C839A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.158 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99e5',
    500: '#996fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fd9;
$custom-light: #ba99e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 58.242,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FD9

secondary

#D6E4C0

accent

#C62084

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FD9

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

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