#997BCB#997BCB

#997BCB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BCB
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 43%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 39.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 28.14, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 46.73, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0608 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.12 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9969, 25.2499, 59.7290)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BCB #ADCB7B

analogous

#7B85CB #997BCB #C17BCB

triadic

#997BCB #CB997B #7BCB99

tetradic

#997BCB #CB7B85 #ADCB7B #7BCBC1

square

#997BCB #CB7B85 #ADCB7B #7BCBC1

split-complementary

#997BCB #CBC17B #85CB7B

monochromatic

#5B3A92 #774FBA #997BCB #BBA7DC #DDD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#997BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#997BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BCB

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BCB	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6789CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1db',
    500: '#997bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bcb;
$custom-light: #b8a1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64328,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BCB

secondary

#D4DFC3

accent

#B72F84

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BCB

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

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