#997BB7#997BB7

#997BB7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.094 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB7
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 183)
HSL	hsl(270, 29%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 23.44, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 35.97, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0562 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.094 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7654, 24.3573, 47.9766)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB7 #99B77B

analogous

#7B7BB7 #997BB7 #B77BB7

triadic

#997BB7 #B7997B #7BB799

tetradic

#997BB7 #B77B7B #99B77B #7BB7B7

square

#997BB7 #B77B7B #99B77B #7BB7B7

split-complementary

#997BB7 #B7B77B #7BB77B

monochromatic

#5C4177 #7A569E #997BB7 #B8A3CD #D6CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#997BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#997BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB7

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB7	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F86B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.094 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1cc',
    500: '#997bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb7;
$custom-light: #b8a1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB7

secondary

#C7D2BB

accent

#C66294

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB7

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

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