#996FE6#996FE6

#996FE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.174 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE6
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 51.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 41.69, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 68.77, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0805 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.174 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1007, 23.8539, 77.7079)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE6 #BCE66F

analogous

#6F81E6 #996FE6 #D46FE6

triadic

#996FE6 #E6996F #6FE699

tetradic

#996FE6 #E66F81 #BCE66F #6FE6D4

square

#996FE6 #E66F81 #BCE66F #6FE6D4

split-complementary

#996FE6 #E6D46F #81E66F

monochromatic

#5720BA #743BDD #996FE6 #BEA3EF #E3D7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#996FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#996FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE6

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE6	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4286EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8886A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.174 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99ee',
    500: '#996fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe6;
$custom-light: #bb99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63745,
    "c": 0.17425,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE6

secondary

#DEEBC5

accent

#D2138F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE6

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

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