#996FF0#996FF0

#996FF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.187 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF0
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 240)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 53.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 44.25, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 74.03, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.081 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.187 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5455, 24.4318, 85.3169)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF0 #C6F06F

analogous

#6F86F0 #996FF0 #DA6FF0

triadic

#996FF0 #F0996F #6FF099

tetradic

#996FF0 #F06F86 #C6F06F #6FF0DA

square

#996FF0 #F06F86 #C6F06F #6FF0DA

split-complementary

#996FF0 #F0DA6F #86F06F

monochromatic

#5216CF #7238EA #996FF0 #C0A6F6 #E8DEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#996FF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#996FF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF0

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF0	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3688F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4286ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8489A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.187 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f6',
    500: '#996ff0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff0;
$custom-light: #bb99f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 81.132,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64357,
    "c": 0.1867,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF0

secondary

#E4F0CA

accent

#DD0898

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF0

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

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