#996FE0#996FE0

#996FE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.167 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE0
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 224)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 50.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 40.17, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 65.60, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0801 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.167 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2726, 23.5227, 73.3466)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE0 #B6E06F

analogous

#6F7DE0 #996FE0 #D16FE0

triadic

#996FE0 #E0996F #6FE099

tetradic

#996FE0 #E06F7D #B6E06F #6FE0D1

square

#996FE0 #E06F7D #B6E06F #6FE0D1

split-complementary

#996FE0 #E0D16F #7DE06F

monochromatic

#5926AF #753DD5 #996FE0 #BDA1EB #E0D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#996FE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#996FE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE0

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE0	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4785E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5284DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.167 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ea',
    500: '#996fe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe0;
$custom-light: #ba99ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.301,
    "s": 64.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE0

secondary

#DAE8C3

accent

#CC198A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE0

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

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