#996DB6

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Mediumpurple.

About #996DB6

At its core, #996DB6 is a medium and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumpurple. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 109 parts green, and 182 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 16% cyan and 40% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 276.2° hue, 33.3% saturation, and 57.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#996DB6
RGB153, 109, 182
HSL276.2°, 33.3%, 57.1%
CMYK16%, 40%, 0%, 29%
HSV276.2°, 40.1%, 71.4%
LAB53.0, 31.3, -32.0
XYZ27.0, 21.1, 46.9
Decimal10055094

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.02:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.22:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.85:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.44:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #996DB6; }
.text-color { color: #996DB6; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #996DB6; }

Similar Colors

Mediumpurple
#9370DB