#997AEF#997AEF

#997AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.169 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AEF
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 49%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 37.81, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 66.73, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0673 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.169 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6723, 26.9226, 84.9617)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AEF #D0EF7A

analogous

#7A95EF #997AEF #D37AEF

triadic

#997AEF #EF997A #7AEF99

tetradic

#997AEF #EF7A95 #D0EF7A #7AEFD3

square

#997AEF #EF7A95 #D0EF7A #7AEFD3

split-complementary

#997AEF #EFD37A #95EF7A

monochromatic

#4B1AD5 #6F43E8 #997AEF #C3B1F6 #EAE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#997AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#997AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AEF

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AEF	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8491A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.169 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1f5',
    500: '#997aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aef;
$custom-light: #bba1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.897,
    "s": 78.523,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AEF

secondary

#EAF2D3

accent

#DB0BA4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AEF

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

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