#996FEF#996FEF

#996FEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.185 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FEF
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 53.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 43.99, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 73.51, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.081 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.185 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3973, 24.3726, 84.5367)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FEF #C5EF6F

analogous

#6F85EF #996FEF #D96FEF

triadic

#996FEF #EF996F #6FEF99

tetradic

#996FEF #EF6F85 #C5EF6F #6FEFD9

square

#996FEF #EF6F85 #C5EF6F #6FEFD9

split-complementary

#996FEF #EFD96F #85EF6F

monochromatic

#5317CD #7238E9 #996FEF #C0A6F5 #E7DDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#996FEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#996FEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FEF

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FEF	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3888F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8589A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996fef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.185 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f5',
    500: '#996fef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996fef;
$custom-light: #bb99f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996fef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64295,
    "c": 0.18546,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FEF

secondary

#E3F0CA

accent

#DC0997

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FEF

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

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