#997AFA#997AFA

#997AFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.183 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AFA
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 250)
HSL	hsl(255, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 51.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 40.71, -60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 72.58, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0682 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.183 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3471, 27.5925, 93.7821)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AFA #DBFA7A

analogous

#7A9BFA #997AFA #D97AFA

triadic

#997AFA #FA997A #7AFA99

tetradic

#997AFA #FA7A9B #DBFA7A #7AFAD9

square

#997AFA #FA7A9B #DBFA7A #7AFAD9

split-complementary

#997AFA #FAD97A #9BFA7A

monochromatic

#4109F1 #6C3FF8 #997AFA #C6B5FC #E8E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#997AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#997AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AFA

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AFA	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4491FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#498DF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8094AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.183 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca1fd',
    500: '#997afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997afa;
$custom-light: #bca1fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.531,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66772,
    "c": 0.18348,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AFA

secondary

#EEF6D5

accent

#E600AE

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120F18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AFA

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

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