#996FDA#996FDA

#996FDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.159 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FDA
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(264, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 49.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 38.67, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 62.42, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0796 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.159 300)
XYZ	xyz(31.4732, 23.2029, 69.1366)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FDA #B0DA6F

analogous

#6F7BDA #996FDA #CE6FDA

triadic

#996FDA #DA996F #6FDA99

tetradic

#996FDA #DA6F7B #B0DA6F #6FDACE

square

#996FDA #DA6F7B #B0DA6F #6FDACE

split-complementary

#996FDA #DACE6F #7BDA6F

monochromatic

#5A2AA4 #773ECD #996FDA #BBA0E7 #DED0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996FDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#996FDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FDA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FDA	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C839A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.159 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99e6',
    500: '#996fda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fda;
$custom-light: #ba99e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63039,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.23203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FDA

secondary

#D6E5C0

accent

#C71F85

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FDA

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

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