#997ADA#997ADA

#997ADA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.142 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ADA
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 218)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 44%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 32.41, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 55.47, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0648 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.142 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7482, 25.7530, 69.5616)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ADA #BBDA7A

analogous

#7A8BDA #997ADA #C97ADA

triadic

#997ADA #DA997A #7ADA99

tetradic

#997ADA #DA7A8B #BBDA7A #7ADAC9

square

#997ADA #DA7A8B #BBDA7A #7ADAC9

split-complementary

#997ADA #DAC97A #8BDA7A

monochromatic

#572FAA #744ACD #997ADA #BEAAE7 #E2DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#997ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#997ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ADA

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ADA	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.142 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e6',
    500: '#997ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ada;
$custom-light: #b9a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.375,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64929,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ADA

secondary

#DDE7C8

accent

#C42190

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ADA

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

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