#997BC4#997BC4

#997BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.111 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BC4
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 196)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 37.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 26.46, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 42.95, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0593 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.111 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1815, 24.9237, 55.4346)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BC4 #A6C47B

analogous

#7B81C4 #997BC4 #BE7BC4

triadic

#997BC4 #C4997B #7BC499

tetradic

#997BC4 #C47B81 #A6C47B #7BC4BE

square

#997BC4 #C47B81 #A6C47B #7BC4BE

split-complementary

#997BC4 #C4BE7B #81C47B

monochromatic

#5C3D88 #7851B1 #997BC4 #BAA5D7 #DAD0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#997BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#997BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BC4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BC4	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A88C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.111 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d6',
    500: '#997bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bc4;
$custom-light: #b8a1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 38.22,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63983,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BC4

secondary

#D0DBC0

accent

#B1347E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BC4

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

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