#996FE5#996FE5

#996FE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.173 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE5
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 51.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 41.43, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 68.24, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0805 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.173 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9607, 23.7979, 76.9705)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE5 #BBE56F

analogous

#6F80E5 #996FE5 #D46FE5

triadic

#996FE5 #E5996F #6FE599

tetradic

#996FE5 #E56F80 #BBE56F #6FE5D4

square

#996FE5 #E56F80 #BBE56F #6FE5D4

split-complementary

#996FE5 #E5D46F #80E56F

monochromatic

#5721B8 #743BDC #996FE5 #BEA3EE #E2D7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#996FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#996FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE5	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4386E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8886A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.173 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ee',
    500: '#996fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe5;
$custom-light: #ba99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE5

secondary

#DDEBC5

accent

#D1148E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE5

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

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