#997BBE#997BBE

#997BBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BBE
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 25.05, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 39.72, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0579 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.103 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5122, 24.6560, 51.9095)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BBE #A0BE7B

analogous

#7B7FBE #997BBE #BB7BBE

triadic

#997BBE #BE997B #7BBE99

tetradic

#997BBE #BE7B7F #A0BE7B #7BBEBB

square

#997BBE #BE7B7F #A0BE7B #7BBEBB

split-complementary

#997BBE #BEBB7B #7FBE7B

monochromatic

#5C3F80 #7953A9 #997BBE #B9A4D2 #D8CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#997BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#997BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BBE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BBE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d2',
    500: '#997bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bbe;
$custom-light: #b8a1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.866,
    "s": 34.01,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BBE

secondary

#CCD7BE

accent

#AD3979

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BBE

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

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