#996DC5Purple

#996DC5 is a purple in the Purple family. In practice it looks like a balanced medium purple, and it is also commonly known as Purple, Orchid. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#996DC5
CSS Namemediumpurple (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f4fb
100#ede6f6
200#e0d2f1
300#cdb3ea
400#b48edd
500#a172cf
600#8e61ba
700#774d9f
800#643f86
900#553573
950#321e46

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.93:1
Contrast on black
5.35:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.01 305.8); /* #f7f4fb */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.021 305.8); /* #ede6f6 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.044 305.8); /* #e0d2f1 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.08 305.8); /* #cdb3ea */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.118 305.8); /* #b48edd */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.143 305.8); /* #a172cf */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.14 305.8); /* #8e61ba */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.131 305.8); /* #774d9f */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.117 305.8); /* #643f86 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.106 305.8); /* #553573 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.074 305.8); /* #321e46 */
}

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