#996FF2#996FF2

#996FF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.189 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF2
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 44.77, -60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 75.08, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0811 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.189 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8442, 24.5513, 86.8903)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF2 #C8F26F

analogous

#6F87F2 #996FF2 #DB6FF2

triadic

#996FF2 #F2996F #6FF299

tetradic

#996FF2 #F26F87 #C8F26F #6FF2DB

square

#996FF2 #F26F87 #C8F26F #6FF2DB

split-complementary

#996FF2 #F2DB6F #87F26F

monochromatic

#5113D4 #7137ED #996FF2 #C1A7F7 #E9DFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#996FF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#996FF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3489F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4086EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.189 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f7',
    500: '#996ff2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff2;
$custom-light: #bb99f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.237,
    "s": 83.439,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64483,
    "c": 0.18917,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF2

secondary

#E5F1CB

accent

#E0069A

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF2

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

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