#997BC7#997BC7

#997BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BC7
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 199)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 38.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 27.17, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 44.57, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.06 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.115 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5264, 25.0617, 57.2509)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BC7 #A9C77B

analogous

#7B83C7 #997BC7 #BF7BC7

triadic

#997BC7 #C7997B #7BC799

tetradic

#997BC7 #C77B83 #A9C77B #7BC7BF

square

#997BC7 #C77B83 #A9C77B #7BC7BF

split-complementary

#997BC7 #C7BF7B #83C77B

monochromatic

#5B3B8C #7850B5 #997BC7 #BAA6D9 #DBD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#997BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#997BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BC7

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BC7	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6989CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d8',
    500: '#997bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bc7;
$custom-light: #b8a1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64129,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BC7

secondary

#D2DDC1

accent

#B33280

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BC7

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

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