#996FF4#996FF4

#996FF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.192 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF4
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 45.28, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 76.13, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0812 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.192 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1462, 24.6721, 88.4809)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF4 #CAF46F

analogous

#6F88F4 #996FF4 #DB6FF4

triadic

#996FF4 #F4996F #6FF499

tetradic

#996FF4 #F46F88 #CAF46F #6FF4DB

square

#996FF4 #F46F88 #CAF46F #6FF4DB

split-complementary

#996FF4 #F4DB6F #88F46F

monochromatic

#5011D8 #7136F0 #996FF4 #C1A8F8 #EAE1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#996FF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#996FF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3189F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E86F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.192 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99f8',
    500: '#996ff4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff4;
$custom-light: #bc99f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 85.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64609,
    "c": 0.19164,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF4

secondary

#E6F2CC

accent

#E2039C

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF4

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

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