#997BB9#997BB9

#997BB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.096 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BB9
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 185)
HSL	hsl(269, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 23.89, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 37.04, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0567 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.096 306)
XYZ	xyz(28.9751, 24.4412, 49.0807)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BB9 #9BB97B

analogous

#7B7CB9 #997BB9 #B87BB9

triadic

#997BB9 #B9997B #7BB999

tetradic

#997BB9 #B97B7C #9BB97B #7BB9B8

square

#997BB9 #B97B7C #9BB97B #7BB9B8

split-complementary

#997BB9 #B9B87B #7CB97B

monochromatic

#5C4079 #7A56A1 #997BB9 #B8A3CE #D7CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#997BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BB9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BB9	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F87BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.096 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1ce',
    500: '#997bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bb9;
$custom-light: #b8a1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63466,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.24441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BB9

secondary

#C8D4BC

accent

#A93C75

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BB9

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

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