#997AC9#997AC9

#997AC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AC9
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 201)
HSL	hsl(264, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 39.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 28.23, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 46.30, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0618 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.119 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6367, 24.9083, 58.4408)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AC9 #AAC97A

analogous

#7A82C9 #997AC9 #C07AC9

triadic

#997AC9 #C9997A #7AC999

tetradic

#997AC9 #C97A82 #AAC97A #7AC9C0

square

#997AC9 #C97A82 #AAC97A #7AC9C0

split-complementary

#997AC9 #C9C07A #82C97A

monochromatic

#5B3A8F #784EB7 #997AC9 #BAA6DB #DCD1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#997AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#997AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AC9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AC9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6688CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d9',
    500: '#997ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ac9;
$custom-light: #b8a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 42.246,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64046,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AC9

secondary

#D2DDC1

accent

#B53081

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AC9

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

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