#997AF8#997AF8

#997AF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.181 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AF8
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 248)
HSL	hsl(255, 90%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 50.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 40.18, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 71.52, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0681 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.181 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0351, 27.4677, 92.1393)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AF8 #D9F87A

analogous

#7A9AF8 #997AF8 #D87AF8

triadic

#997AF8 #F8997A #7AF899

tetradic

#997AF8 #F87A9A #D9F87A #7AF8D8

square

#997AF8 #F87A9A #D9F87A #7AF8D8

split-complementary

#997AF8 #F8D87A #9AF87A

monochromatic

#430CEB #6C40F5 #997AF8 #C6B4FB #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#997AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#997AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AF8

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AF8	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4691FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B8DF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8094AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.181 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1fb',
    500: '#997af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997af8;
$custom-light: #bba1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.762,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AF8

secondary

#EEF6D5

accent

#E600AD

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AF8

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

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