#996FFB#996FFB

#996FFB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.200 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FFB
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 251)
HSL	hsl(258, 95%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 55.8%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 47.11, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 79.79, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0813 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.2 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2293, 25.1054, 94.1851)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FFB #D1FB6F

analogous

#6F8BFB #996FFB #DF6FFB

triadic

#996FFB #FB996F #6FFB99

tetradic

#996FFB #FB6F8B #D1FB6F #6FFBDF

square

#996FFB #FB6F8B #D1FB6F #6FFBDF

split-complementary

#996FFB #FBDF6F #8BFB6F

monochromatic

#4A06E9 #6F33F9 #996FFB #C3ABFD #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#996FFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#996FFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FFB

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FFB	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#258BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3487F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ffb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.200 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9afd',
    500: '#996ffb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ffb;
$custom-light: #bc9afd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ffb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 94.595,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FFB

secondary

#EAF6D0

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FFB

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

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