#996FEC#996FEC

#996FEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.182 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FEC
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 53%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 43.22, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 71.93, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0809 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.182 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9578, 24.1968, 82.2220)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FEC #C2EC6F

analogous

#6F83EC #996FEC #D76FEC

triadic

#996FEC #EC996F #6FEC99

tetradic

#996FEC #EC6F83 #C2EC6F #6FECD7

square

#996FEC #EC6F83 #C2EC6F #6FECD7

split-complementary

#996FEC #ECD76F #83EC6F

monochromatic

#541AC6 #7339E5 #996FEC #BFA5F3 #E6DBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#996FEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#996FEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FEC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FEC	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B88F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4785E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8688A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.182 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f3',
    500: '#996fec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fec;
$custom-light: #bb99f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6411,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FEC

secondary

#E2EFC8

accent

#D90D94

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FEC

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

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