#996FF3#996FF3

#996FF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.190 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF3
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 54.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 45.02, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 75.60, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0811 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.19 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9948, 24.6116, 87.6834)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF3 #C9F36F

analogous

#6F87F3 #996FF3 #DB6FF3

triadic

#996FF3 #F3996F #6FF399

tetradic

#996FF3 #F36F87 #C9F36F #6FF3DB

square

#996FF3 #F36F87 #C9F36F #6FF3DB

split-complementary

#996FF3 #F3DB6F #87F36F

monochromatic

#5012D6 #7137EE #996FF3 #C1A7F8 #E9E0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#996FF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#996FF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF3	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3289F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F86F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.190 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99f8',
    500: '#996ff3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff3;
$custom-light: #bc99f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.1904,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF3

secondary

#E6F2CC

accent

#E1049B

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF3

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

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