#997AE7#997AE7

#997AE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.159 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AE7
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 231)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 47.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 35.73, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 62.45, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0665 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.159 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5165, 26.4603, 78.8746)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AE7 #C8E77A

analogous

#7A92E7 #997AE7 #D07AE7

triadic

#997AE7 #E7997A #7AE799

tetradic

#997AE7 #E77A92 #C8E77A #7AE7D0

square

#997AE7 #E77A92 #C8E77A #7AE7D0

split-complementary

#997AE7 #E7D07A #92E77A

monochromatic

#5123C3 #7146DE #997AE7 #C1AEF0 #E9E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#997AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#997AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AE7

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AE7	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.159 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ef',
    500: '#997ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ae7;
$custom-light: #baa1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6565,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AE7

secondary

#E5EECF

accent

#D1149C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AE7

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

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