#997BB5#997BB5

#997BB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.091 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB5
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(271, 28%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 22.99, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 34.91, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0556 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.091 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5588, 24.2746, 46.8881)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB5 #97B57B

analogous

#7C7BB5 #997BB5 #B57BB4

triadic

#997BB5 #B5997B #7BB599

tetradic

#997BB5 #B57C7B #97B57B #7BB4B5

square

#997BB5 #B57C7B #97B57B #7BB4B5

split-complementary

#997BB5 #B4B57B #7BB57C

monochromatic

#5C4174 #7B579C #997BB5 #B7A2CB #D6C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#997BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#997BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB5	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)

#7086B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.091 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1cb',
    500: '#997bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb5;
$custom-light: #b8a1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB5

secondary

#C6D1BB

accent

#C46392

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB5

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

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