#997ADD#997ADD

#997ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.146 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ADD
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 44.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 33.17, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 57.08, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0652 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.146 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1444, 25.9114, 71.6478)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ADD #BEDD7A

analogous

#7A8DDD #997ADD #CB7ADD

triadic

#997ADD #DD997A #7ADD99

tetradic

#997ADD #DD7A8D #BEDD7A #7ADDCB

square

#997ADD #DD7A8D #BEDD7A #7ADDCB

split-complementary

#997ADD #DDCB7A #8DDD7A

monochromatic

#562DB0 #7449D1 #997ADD #BEABE9 #E4DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#997ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ADD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ADD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.146 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e8',
    500: '#997add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997add;
$custom-light: #b9a1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65092,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ADD

secondary

#DFE9CA

accent

#C71F92

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ADD

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

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