#997BB3#997BB3

#997BB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.089 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB3
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 22.54, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 33.84, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0551 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.089 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3550, 24.1931, 45.8151)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB3 #95B37B

analogous

#7D7BB3 #997BB3 #B37BB1

triadic

#997BB3 #B3997B #7BB399

tetradic

#997BB3 #B37D7B #95B37B #7BB1B3

square

#997BB3 #B37D7B #95B37B #7BB1B3

split-complementary

#997BB3 #B1B37B #7BB37D

monochromatic

#5C4272 #7B5899 #997BB3 #B7A2C9 #D5C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#997BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#997BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB3	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.089 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1ca',
    500: '#997bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb3;
$custom-light: #b7a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63197,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB3

secondary

#C4D0BA

accent

#C36591

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB3

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

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