#997AEE#997AEE

#997AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.168 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AEE
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 48.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 37.54, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 66.19, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0673 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.168 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5250, 26.8637, 84.1859)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AEE #CFEE7A

analogous

#7A95EE #997AEE #D37AEE

triadic

#997AEE #EE997A #7AEE99

tetradic

#997AEE #EE7A95 #CFEE7A #7AEED3

square

#997AEE #EE7A95 #CFEE7A #7AEED3

split-complementary

#997AEE #EED37A #95EE7A

monochromatic

#4C1BD3 #6F44E7 #997AEE #C3B0F5 #EAE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#997AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#997AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AEE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AEE	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8491A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.168 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1f4',
    500: '#997aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aee;
$custom-light: #bba1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.034,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66054,
    "c": 0.16805,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AEE

secondary

#E9F2D2

accent

#DA0CA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AEE

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

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