#997ABE#997ABE

#997ABE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ABE
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(267, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 35.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 25.63, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 40.38, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0594 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.105 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3888, 24.4092, 51.8684)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ABE #9FBE7A

analogous

#7A7DBE #997ABE #BB7ABE

triadic

#997ABE #BE997A #7ABE99

tetradic

#997ABE #BE7A7D #9FBE7A #7ABEBB

square

#997ABE #BE7A7D #9FBE7A #7ABEBB

split-complementary

#997ABE #BEBB7A #7DBE7A

monochromatic

#5C3E7F #7A52A8 #997ABE #B9A3D2 #D8CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#997ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ABE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ABE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B87C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a0d2',
    500: '#997abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997abe;
$custom-light: #b8a0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ABE

secondary

#CBD7BD

accent

#AD3878

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ABE

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

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