#996FF8#996FF8

#996FF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.197 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FF8
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 46.32, -63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 78.22, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0812 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.197 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7601, 24.9177, 91.7143)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FF8 #CEF86F

analogous

#6F89F8 #996FF8 #DD6FF8

triadic

#996FF8 #F8996F #6FF899

tetradic

#996FF8 #F86F89 #CEF86F #6FF8DD

square

#996FF8 #F86F89 #CEF86F #6FF8DD

split-complementary

#996FF8 #F8DD6F #89F86F

monochromatic

#4D0BE2 #7035F5 #996FF8 #C2A9FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#996FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#996FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FF8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FF8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A8AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3887F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.197 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fb',
    500: '#996ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ff8;
$custom-light: #bc99fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.394,
    "s": 90.728,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64864,
    "c": 0.19656,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FF8

secondary

#E9F4CF

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FF8

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

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