#997AE5#997AE5

#997AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.156 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AE5
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 46.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 35.21, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 61.38, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0663 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.156 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2357, 26.3479, 77.3955)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AE5 #C6E57A

analogous

#7A91E5 #997AE5 #CF7AE5

triadic

#997AE5 #E5997A #7AE599

tetradic

#997AE5 #E57A91 #C6E57A #7AE5CF

square

#997AE5 #E57A91 #C6E57A #7AE5CF

split-complementary

#997AE5 #E5CF7A #91E57A

monochromatic

#5225BF #7247DB #997AE5 #C0ADEF #E8E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#997AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#997AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AE5

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AE5	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.156 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ee',
    500: '#997ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ae5;
$custom-light: #baa1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.383,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AE5

secondary

#E4EDCE

accent

#CF169A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AE5

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

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