#997BBB#997BBB

#997BBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BBB
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 187)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 24.35, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 38.11, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0572 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.099 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1877, 24.5262, 50.2004)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BBB #9DBB7B

analogous

#7B7DBB #997BBB #B97BBB

triadic

#997BBB #BB997B #7BBB99

tetradic

#997BBB #BB7B7D #9DBB7B #7BBBB9

square

#997BBB #BB7B7D #9DBB7B #7BBBB9

split-complementary

#997BBB #BBB97B #7DBB7B

monochromatic

#5C407C #7A55A4 #997BBB #B8A3D0 #D7CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#997BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BBB

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BBB	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 305.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BBB

secondary

#CAD5BD

accent

#AB3B76

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BBB

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

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