#997BC9#997BC9

#997BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BC9
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 201)
HSL	hsl(263, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 27.65, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 45.65, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0604 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.118 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7601, 25.1552, 58.4819)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BC9 #ABC97B

analogous

#7B84C9 #997BC9 #C07BC9

triadic

#997BC9 #C9997B #7BC999

tetradic

#997BC9 #C97B84 #ABC97B #7BC9C0

square

#997BC9 #C97B84 #ABC97B #7BC9C0

split-complementary

#997BC9 #C9C07B #84C97B

monochromatic

#5B3B8F #7750B7 #997BC9 #BBA6DB #DCD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#997BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#997BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BC9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BC9	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d9',
    500: '#997bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bc9;
$custom-light: #b8a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BC9

secondary

#D3DEC2

accent

#B53082

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BC9

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

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