#997AFF#997AFF

#997AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.190 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AFF
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 255)
HSL	hsl(254, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(254, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 52.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 42.04, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 75.22, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0685 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.19 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1415, 27.9103, 97.9660)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AFF #E0FF7A

analogous

#7A9EFF #997AFF #DC7AFF

triadic

#997AFF #FF997A #7AFF99

tetradic

#997AFF #FF7A9E #E0FF7A #7AFFDC

square

#997AFF #FF7A9E #E0FF7A #7AFFDC

split-complementary

#997AFF #FFDC7A #9EFF7A

monochromatic

#3B00FF #6A3DFF #997AFF #C8B7FF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#997AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#997AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AFF

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AFF	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E92FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#438DFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D96B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.190 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca1ff',
    500: '#997aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aff;
$custom-light: #bca1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.985,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6708,
    "c": 0.18984,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AFF

secondary

#EFF7D4

accent

#E600B0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120F18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AFF

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

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