#997AEC#997AEC

#997AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.165 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AEC
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 37.02, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 65.13, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0671 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.165 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2328, 26.7468, 82.6470)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AEC #CDEC7A

analogous

#7A94EC #997AEC #D27AEC

triadic

#997AEC #EC997A #7AEC99

tetradic

#997AEC #EC7A94 #CDEC7A #7AECD2

square

#997AEC #EC7A94 #CDEC7A #7AECD2

split-complementary

#997AEC #ECD27A #94EC7A

monochromatic

#4E1DCE #7044E4 #997AEC #C2B0F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#997AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#997AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AEC

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AEC	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8590A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.165 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f3',
    500: '#997aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aec;
$custom-light: #baa1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65938,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AEC

secondary

#E8F1D1

accent

#D70EA1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AEC

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

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