#996FFA#996FFA

#996FFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.199 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FFA
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 250)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 46.85, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 79.26, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0813 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.199 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0721, 25.0425, 93.3571)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FFA #D0FA6F

analogous

#6F8AFA #996FFA #DE6FFA

triadic

#996FFA #FA996F #6FFA99

tetradic

#996FFA #FA6F8A #D0FA6F #6FFADE

square

#996FFA #FA6F8A #D0FA6F #6FFADE

split-complementary

#996FFA #FADE6F #8AFA6F

monochromatic

#4B08E7 #6F34F8 #996FFA #C3AAFC #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#996FFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#996FFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FFA

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FFA	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#278BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3587F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ffa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.199 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc99fd',
    500: '#996ffa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ffa;
$custom-light: #bc99fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ffa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.129,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64992,
    "c": 0.19901,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FFA

secondary

#EAF5D0

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FFA

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

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