#997BB6#997BB6

#997BB6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.092 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB6
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 182)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 32.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 23.21, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 35.44, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0559 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.092 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6617, 24.3158, 47.4304)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB6 #98B67B

analogous

#7C7BB6 #997BB6 #B67BB6

triadic

#997BB6 #B6997B #7BB699

tetradic

#997BB6 #B67C7B #98B67B #7BB6B6

square

#997BB6 #B67C7B #98B67B #7BB6B6

split-complementary

#997BB6 #B6B67B #7BB67C

monochromatic

#5C4176 #7A579D #997BB6 #B7A2CC #D6CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#997BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#997BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB6	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.092 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1cc',
    500: '#997bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb6;
$custom-light: #b8a1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 28.78,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB6

secondary

#C6D2BB

accent

#C56393

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB6

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

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