#996FE7#996FE7

#996FE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.176 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FE7
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 51.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 41.94, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 69.30, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0806 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.176 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2415, 23.9103, 78.4496)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FE7 #BDE76F

analogous

#6F81E7 #996FE7 #D56FE7

triadic

#996FE7 #E7996F #6FE799

tetradic

#996FE7 #E76F81 #BDE76F #6FE7D5

square

#996FE7 #E76F81 #BDE76F #6FE7D5

split-complementary

#996FE7 #E7D56F #81E76F

monochromatic

#561FBC #743BDE #996FE7 #BEA3F0 #E3D8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#996FE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#996FE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FE7

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FE7	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4187EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8887A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.176 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99ef',
    500: '#996fe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fe7;
$custom-light: #bb99ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FE7

secondary

#DFECC6

accent

#D31290

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FE7

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

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