#997BBA#997BBA

#997BBA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BBA
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 186)
HSL	hsl(269, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 24.12, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 37.58, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0569 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.098 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0810, 24.4835, 49.6386)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BBA #9CBA7B

analogous

#7B7CBA #997BBA #B87BBA

triadic

#997BBA #BA997B #7BBA99

tetradic

#997BBA #BA7B7C #9CBA7B #7BBAB8

square

#997BBA #BA7B7C #9CBA7B #7BBAB8

split-complementary

#997BBA #BAB87B #7CBA7B

monochromatic

#5C407B #7A55A3 #997BBA #B8A3CF #D7CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#997BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BBA

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BBA	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1cf',
    500: '#997bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bba;
$custom-light: #b8a1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 31.343,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BBA

secondary

#C9D4BC

accent

#AA3B75

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BBA

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

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