#996FDE#996FDE

#996FDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.164 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FDE
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 50%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 39.67, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 64.54, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0799 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.164 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0030, 23.4148, 71.9265)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FDE #B4DE6F

analogous

#6F7CDE #996FDE #D16FDE

triadic

#996FDE #DE996F #6FDE99

tetradic

#996FDE #DE6F7C #B4DE6F #6FDED1

square

#996FDE #DE6F7C #B4DE6F #6FDED1

split-complementary

#996FDE #DED16F #7CDE6F

monochromatic

#5927AB #763DD3 #996FDE #BCA1E9 #E0D3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#996FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#996FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FDE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FDE	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4985E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B849C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.164 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99e9',
    500: '#996fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fde;
$custom-light: #ba99e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FDE

secondary

#D9E7C2

accent

#CA1B88

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FDE

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

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