#996FF1#996FF1

#996FF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.188 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF1
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 241)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 44.51, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 74.56, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0811 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.188 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6944, 24.4914, 86.1014)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF1 #C7F16F

analogous

#6F86F1 #996FF1 #DA6FF1

triadic

#996FF1 #F1996F #6FF199

tetradic

#996FF1 #F16F86 #C7F16F #6FF1DA

square

#996FF1 #F16F86 #C7F16F #6FF1DA

split-complementary

#996FF1 #F1DA6F #86F16F

monochromatic

#5114D1 #7137EC #996FF1 #C1A7F6 #E8DFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#996FF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#996FF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF1	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3589F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4186EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.188 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f6',
    500: '#996ff1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff1;
$custom-light: #bb99f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 82.278,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6442,
    "c": 0.18793,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF1

secondary

#E5F1CB

accent

#DF0799

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF1

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

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