#977AEE#977AEE

#977AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.168 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977AEE
RGB	rgb(151, 122, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 48.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 37.05, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 66.16, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0648 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.168 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1506, 26.6706, 84.1683)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977AEE #D1EE7A

analogous

#7A97EE #977AEE #D17AEE

triadic

#977AEE #EE977A #7AEE97

tetradic

#977AEE #EE7A97 #D1EE7A #7AEED1

square

#977AEE #EE7A97 #D1EE7A #7AEED1

split-complementary

#977AEE #EED17A #97EE7A

monochromatic

#491BD3 #6D44E7 #977AEE #C1B0F5 #EAE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#977AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#977AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977AEE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977AEE	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8191A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 122, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.168 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1f4',
    500: '#977aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977aee;
$custom-light: #b9a1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.16795,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977AEE

secondary

#EAF2D2

accent

#DA0CA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #977AEE

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

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