#996FED#996FED

#996FED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.183 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FED
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 43.48, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 72.46, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0809 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.183 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1035, 24.2551, 82.9893)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FED #C3ED6F

analogous

#6F84ED #996FED #D86FED

triadic

#996FED #ED996F #6FED99

tetradic

#996FED #ED6F84 #C3ED6F #6FEDD8

square

#996FED #ED6F84 #C3ED6F #6FEDD8

split-complementary

#996FED #EDD86F #84ED6F

monochromatic

#5419C9 #7239E6 #996FED #C0A5F4 #E6DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#996FED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#996FED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FED

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FED	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A88F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4685EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8588A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.183 296.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.18298,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FED

secondary

#E2EFC9

accent

#DA0B95

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FED

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

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