#997ADE#997ADE

#997ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.147 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ADE
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 222)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 45%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 33.42, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 57.62, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0654 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.147 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2780, 25.9649, 72.3515)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ADE #BFDE7A

analogous

#7A8DDE #997ADE #CB7ADE

triadic

#997ADE #DE997A #7ADE99

tetradic

#997ADE #DE7A8D #BFDE7A #7ADECB

square

#997ADE #DE7A8D #BFDE7A #7ADECB

split-complementary

#997ADE #DECB7A #8DDE7A

monochromatic

#552CB2 #7349D2 #997ADE #BFABEA #E4DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#997ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#997ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ADE

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ADE	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.147 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1e9',
    500: '#997ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ade;
$custom-light: #baa1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.6,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ADE

secondary

#E0EACA

accent

#C81E93

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ADE

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

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