#996FEE#996FEE

#996FEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.184 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FEE
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 53.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 43.73, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 72.98, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0809 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.184 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2500, 24.3137, 83.7609)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FEE #C4EE6F

analogous

#6F84EE #996FEE #D96FEE

triadic

#996FEE #EE996F #6FEE99

tetradic

#996FEE #EE6F84 #C4EE6F #6FEED9

square

#996FEE #EE6F84 #C4EE6F #6FEED9

split-complementary

#996FEE #EED96F #84EE6F

monochromatic

#5318CB #7238E8 #996FEE #C0A6F4 #E7DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#996FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#996FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FEE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FEE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3988F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8589A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.184 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f4',
    500: '#996fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fee;
$custom-light: #bb99f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.843,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64233,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FEE

secondary

#E3F0C9

accent

#DB0A96

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FEE

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

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