#996FE3#996FE3

#996FE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.171 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE3
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 40.93, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 67.19, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0803 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.171 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6831, 23.6869, 75.5083)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE3 #B9E36F

analogous

#6F7FE3 #996FE3 #D36FE3

triadic

#996FE3 #E3996F #6FE399

tetradic

#996FE3 #E36F7F #B9E36F #6FE3D3

square

#996FE3 #E36F7F #B9E36F #6FE3D3

split-complementary

#996FE3 #E3D36F #7FE36F

monochromatic

#5823B5 #753CD9 #996FE3 #BDA2ED #E2D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#996FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#996FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE3

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE3	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4486E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.171 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ec',
    500: '#996fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe3;
$custom-light: #ba99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE3

secondary

#DCEAC4

accent

#CF168C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE3

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

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