#997ABB#997ABB

#997ABB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ABB
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 187)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 24.93, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 38.77, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0587 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.101 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0643, 24.2794, 50.1593)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ABB #9CBB7A

analogous

#7A7BBB #997ABB #B97ABB

triadic

#997ABB #BB997A #7ABB99

tetradic

#997ABB #BB7A7B #9CBB7A #7ABBB9

square

#997ABB #BB7A7B #9CBB7A #7ABBB9

split-complementary

#997ABB #BBB97A #7BBB7A

monochromatic

#5C3F7B #7A54A4 #997ABB #B8A2D0 #D7CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#997ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#997ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ABB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ABB	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D86BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a0cf',
    500: '#997abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997abb;
$custom-light: #b8a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 32.338,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ABB

secondary

#C9D5BC

accent

#AB3A75

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ABB

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

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