#997BB8#997BB8

#997BB8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.095 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB8
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 33.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 23.67, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 36.51, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0564 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.095 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8699, 24.3991, 48.5267)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB8 #9AB87B

analogous

#7B7CB8 #997BB8 #B77BB8

triadic

#997BB8 #B8997B #7BB899

tetradic

#997BB8 #B87B7C #9AB87B #7BB8B7

square

#997BB8 #B87B7C #9AB87B #7BB8B7

split-complementary

#997BB8 #B8B77B #7CB87B

monochromatic

#5C4178 #7A56A0 #997BB8 #B8A3CD #D7CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#997BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB8

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB8	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F86BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.095 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1cd',
    500: '#997bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb8;
$custom-light: #b8a1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 30.049,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB8

secondary

#C8D3BC

accent

#A93D74

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB8

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

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