#997AEB#997AEB

#997AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.164 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AEB
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 48.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 36.76, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 64.59, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.067 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.164 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0879, 26.6888, 81.8840)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AEB #CCEB7A

analogous

#7A94EB #997AEB #D17AEB

triadic

#997AEB #EB997A #7AEB99

tetradic

#997AEB #EB7A94 #CCEB7A #7AEBD1

square

#997AEB #EB7A94 #CCEB7A #7AEBD1

split-complementary

#997AEB #EBD17A #94EB7A

monochromatic

#4E1FCC #7045E3 #997AEB #C2AFF3 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#997AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#997AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AEB

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AEB	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8690A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.164 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f2',
    500: '#997aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aeb;
$custom-light: #baa1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.46,
    "s": 73.856,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6588,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AEB

secondary

#E8F0D1

accent

#D610A0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AEB

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

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