#997AE4#997AE4

#997AE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.155 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AE4
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 228)
HSL	hsl(258, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 46.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, 34.95, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 60.84, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0662 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.155 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0965, 26.2923, 76.6623)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AE4 #C5E47A

analogous

#7A90E4 #997AE4 #CE7AE4

triadic

#997AE4 #E4997A #7AE499

tetradic

#997AE4 #E47A90 #C5E47A #7AE4CE

square

#997AE4 #E47A90 #C5E47A #7AE4CE

split-complementary

#997AE4 #E4CE7A #90E47A

monochromatic

#5326BD #7247DA #997AE4 #C0ADEE #E7E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#997AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#997AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AE4

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AE4	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.155 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ed',
    500: '#997ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ae4;
$custom-light: #baa1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.547,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6548,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AE4

secondary

#E3EDCD

accent

#CE1799

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AE4

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

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