#997BB4#997BB4

#997BB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.090 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB4
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 180)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 31.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 22.76, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 34.37, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0554 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.09 308)
XYZ	xyz(28.4565, 24.2337, 46.3496)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB4 #96B47B

analogous

#7D7BB4 #997BB4 #B47BB3

triadic

#997BB4 #B4997B #7BB499

tetradic

#997BB4 #B47D7B #96B47B #7BB3B4

square

#997BB4 #B47D7B #96B47B #7BB3B4

split-complementary

#997BB4 #B3B47B #7BB47D

monochromatic

#5C4173 #7B589A #997BB4 #B7A2CA #D5C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#997BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#997BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.090 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1ca',
    500: '#997bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb4;
$custom-light: #b7a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.24234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB4

secondary

#C5D1BA

accent

#C46491

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB4

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

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