#997BB2#997BB2

#997BB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB2
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 22.32, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 33.31, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0548 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.087 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2543, 24.1528, 45.2844)
Luminance	0.2415 (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

#997BB2 #94B27B

analogous

#7E7BB2 #997BB2 #B27BB0

triadic

#997BB2 #B2997B #7BB299

tetradic

#997BB2 #B27E7B #94B27B #7BB0B2

square

#997BB2 #B27E7B #94B27B #7BB0B2

split-complementary

#997BB2 #B0B27B #7BB27E

monochromatic

#5B4271 #7B5897 #997BB2 #B7A2C9 #D5C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#997BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#997BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB2	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7185B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c9',
    500: '#997bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb2;
$custom-light: #b7a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB2

secondary

#C3CFBA

accent

#C36590

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB2

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

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