#997AEA#997AEA

#997AEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.163 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AEA
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 234)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 47.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 36.50, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 64.06, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0669 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.163 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9439, 26.6312, 81.1252)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AEA #CBEA7A

analogous

#7A93EA #997AEA #D17AEA

triadic

#997AEA #EA997A #7AEA99

tetradic

#997AEA #EA7A93 #CBEA7A #7AEAD1

square

#997AEA #EA7A93 #CBEA7A #7AEAD1

split-complementary

#997AEA #EAD17A #93EA7A

monochromatic

#4F20CA #7045E2 #997AEA #C2AFF2 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#997AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#997AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AEA

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AEA	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8690A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.163 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f1',
    500: '#997aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aea;
$custom-light: #baa1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.607,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AEA

secondary

#E7F0D0

accent

#D5119F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AEA

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

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