#996FFE#996FFE

#996FFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.204 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996FFE
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 254)
HSL	hsl(258, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 56.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 47.89, -65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 81.35, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0813 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.204 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7059, 25.2960, 96.6954)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996FFE #D4FE6F

analogous

#6F8DFE #996FFE #E06FFE

triadic

#996FFE #FE996F #6FFE99

tetradic

#996FFE #FE6F8D #D4FE6F #6FFEE0

square

#996FFE #FE6F8D #D4FE6F #6FFEE0

split-complementary

#996FFE #FEE06F #8DFE6F

monochromatic

#4802F1 #6E32FE #996FFE #C4ACFE #E9E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#996FFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#996FFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996FFE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996FFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996FFE	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E8BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F87FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996ffe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.204 293.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996ffe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.622,
    "s": 98.621,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.2039,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996FFE

secondary

#ECF7D2

accent

#E600A2

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #996FFE

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

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