#997AF6#997AF6

#997AF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.178 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AF6
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 246)
HSL	hsl(255, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 50.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 39.65, -58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 70.45, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0679 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.178 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7265, 27.3443, 90.5139)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AF6 #D7F67A

analogous

#7A99F6 #997AF6 #D77AF6

triadic

#997AF6 #F6997A #7AF699

tetradic

#997AF6 #F67A99 #D7F67A #7AF6D7

square

#997AF6 #F67A99 #D7F67A #7AF6D7

split-complementary

#997AF6 #F6D77A #99F67A

monochromatic

#4510E6 #6D41F2 #997AF6 #C5B3FA #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#997AF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#997AF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AF6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AF6	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4890FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D8CF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8193AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997af6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.178 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1fa',
    500: '#997af6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997af6;
$custom-light: #bba1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997af6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 87.324,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AF6

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E402AB

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AF6

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

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