#997BC8#997BC8

#997BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.116 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BC8
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 200)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 27.41, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 45.11, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0602 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.116 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6429, 25.1083, 57.8644)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BC8 #AAC87B

analogous

#7B83C8 #997BC8 #BF7BC8

triadic

#997BC8 #C8997B #7BC899

tetradic

#997BC8 #C87B83 #AAC87B #7BC8BF

square

#997BC8 #C87B83 #AAC87B #7BC8BF

split-complementary

#997BC8 #C8BF7B #83C87B

monochromatic

#5B3B8E #7850B6 #997BC8 #BAA6DA #DCD1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#997BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#997BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BC8

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BC8	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.116 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d9',
    500: '#997bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bc8;
$custom-light: #b8a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64179,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BC8

secondary

#D2DDC2

accent

#B43181

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BC8

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

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