#996FDF#996FDF

#996FDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.165 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FDF
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 50.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 39.92, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 65.07, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.08 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.165 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1374, 23.4686, 72.6345)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FDF #B5DF6F

analogous

#6F7DDF #996FDF #D16FDF

triadic

#996FDF #DF996F #6FDF99

tetradic

#996FDF #DF6F7D #B5DF6F #6FDFD1

square

#996FDF #DF6F7D #B5DF6F #6FDFD1

split-complementary

#996FDF #DFD16F #7DDF6F

monochromatic

#5926AD #763DD4 #996FDF #BCA1EA #E0D3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#996FDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#996FDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FDF

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FDF	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4885E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.165 298.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FDF

secondary

#DAE8C2

accent

#CB1A89

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FDF

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

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