#997AED#997AED

#997AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.167 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AED
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 237)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 37.28, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 65.66, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0672 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.167 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3785, 26.8051, 83.4143)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AED #CEED7A

analogous

#7A94ED #997AED #D27AED

triadic

#997AED #ED997A #7AED99

tetradic

#997AED #ED7A94 #CEED7A #7AEDD2

square

#997AED #ED7A94 #CEED7A #7AEDD2

split-complementary

#997AED #EDD27A #94ED7A

monochromatic

#4D1CD0 #7044E6 #997AED #C2B0F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#997AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#997AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AED

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AED	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8591A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.167 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1f3',
    500: '#997aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aed;
$custom-light: #bba1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.174,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65996,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AED

secondary

#E9F1D2

accent

#D80DA2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AED

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

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