#997BC6#997BC6

#997BC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BC6
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 198)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 26.93, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 44.03, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0597 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.114 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4107, 25.0154, 56.6415)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BC6 #A8C67B

analogous

#7B82C6 #997BC6 #BF7BC6

triadic

#997BC6 #C6997B #7BC699

tetradic

#997BC6 #C67B82 #A8C67B #7BC6BF

square

#997BC6 #C67B82 #A8C67B #7BC6BF

split-complementary

#997BC6 #C6BF7B #82C67B

monochromatic

#5B3C8B #7850B4 #997BC6 #BAA6D8 #DBD0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#997BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#997BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BC6

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BC6	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6989C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d7',
    500: '#997bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bc6;
$custom-light: #b8a1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BC6

secondary

#D1DCC1

accent

#B33380

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BC6

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

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