#996FE2#996FE2

#996FE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.169 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE2
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 40.67, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 66.66, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0803 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.169 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5454, 23.6318, 74.7835)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE2 #B8E26F

analogous

#6F7EE2 #996FE2 #D26FE2

triadic

#996FE2 #E2996F #6FE299

tetradic

#996FE2 #E26F7E #B8E26F #6FE2D2

square

#996FE2 #E26F7E #B8E26F #6FE2D2

split-complementary

#996FE2 #E2D26F #7EE26F

monochromatic

#5824B3 #753CD8 #996FE2 #BDA2EC #E1D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#996FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#996FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE2	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4586E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.169 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ec',
    500: '#996fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe2;
$custom-light: #ba99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 66.474,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE2

secondary

#DBE9C4

accent

#CE178B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE2

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

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