#996FDB#996FDB

#996FDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.160 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FDB
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 38.92, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 62.95, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0797 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.16 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6045, 23.2554, 69.8278)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FDB #B1DB6F

analogous

#6F7BDB #996FDB #CF6FDB

triadic

#996FDB #DB996F #6FDB99

tetradic

#996FDB #DB6F7B #B1DB6F #6FDBCF

square

#996FDB #DB6F7B #B1DB6F #6FDBCF

split-complementary

#996FDB #DBCF6F #7BDB6F

monochromatic

#5A2AA6 #763ECF #996FDB #BCA0E7 #DED1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#996FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#996FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FDB

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FDB	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B84DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.160 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99e7',
    500: '#996fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fdb;
$custom-light: #ba99e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FDB

secondary

#D7E5C0

accent

#C81E86

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FDB

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

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