#997ACE#997ACE

#997ACE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.126 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ACE
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 206)
HSL	hsl(262, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 29.44, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 49.00, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0628 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.126 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2345, 25.1475, 61.5890)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ACE #AFCE7A

analogous

#7A85CE #997ACE #C37ACE

triadic

#997ACE #CE997A #7ACE99

tetradic

#997ACE #CE7A85 #AFCE7A #7ACEC3

square

#997ACE #CE7A85 #AFCE7A #7ACEC3

split-complementary

#997ACE #CEC37A #85CE7A

monochromatic

#5A3796 #774DBE #997ACE #BBA7DE #DED3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#997ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#997ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ACE

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ACE	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6489D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F889A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.126 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1dd',
    500: '#997ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ace;
$custom-light: #b9a1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.143,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64298,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ACE

secondary

#D6E0C3

accent

#B92C85

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ACE

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

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