#996FF7#996FF7

#996FF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.195 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF7
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 247)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 55.1%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 46.06, -62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 77.70, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0812 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.195 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6054, 24.8558, 90.8994)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF7 #CDF76F

analogous

#6F89F7 #996FF7 #DD6FF7

triadic

#996FF7 #F7996F #6FF799

tetradic

#996FF7 #F76F89 #CDF76F #6FF7DD

square

#996FF7 #F76F89 #CDF76F #6FF7DD

split-complementary

#996FF7 #F7DD6F #89F76F

monochromatic

#4D0CDF #7035F4 #996FF7 #C2A9FA #EAE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#996FF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#996FF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF7

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF7	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C8AFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A86F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.195 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fb',
    500: '#996ff7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff7;
$custom-light: #bc99fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF7

secondary

#E8F4CE

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF7

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

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