#996FFD#996FFD

#996FFD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.203 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FFD
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 253)
HSL	hsl(258, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 56.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 47.63, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 80.83, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0813 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.203 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5462, 25.2321, 95.8542)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FFD #D3FD6F

analogous

#6F8CFD #996FFD #E06FFD

triadic

#996FFD #FD996F #6FFD99

tetradic

#996FFD #FD6F8C #D3FD6F #6FFDE0

square

#996FFD #FD6F8C #D3FD6F #6FFDE0

split-complementary

#996FFD #FDE06F #8CFD6F

monochromatic

#4903EE #6E33FC #996FFD #C4ABFE #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#996FFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#996FFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FFD

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FFD	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#208BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3087FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8DAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.203 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9aff',
    500: '#996ffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996ffd;
$custom-light: #bc9aff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.746,
    "s": 97.26,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65187,
    "c": 0.20268,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FFD

secondary

#EBF6D1

accent

#E600A2

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FFD

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

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