#997BCC#997BCC

#997BCC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.122 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BCC
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 204)
HSL	hsl(262, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 39.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 28.38, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 47.27, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.061 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.122 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1165, 25.2977, 60.3587)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BCC #AECC7B

analogous

#7B86CC #997BCC #C27BCC

triadic

#997BCC #CC997B #7BCC99

tetradic

#997BCC #CC7B86 #AECC7B #7BCCC2

square

#997BCC #CC7B86 #AECC7B #7BCCC2

split-complementary

#997BCC #CCC27B #86CC7B

monochromatic

#5B3994 #774FBB #997BCC #BBA7DD #DDD3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#997BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#997BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BCC

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BCC	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6689CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.122 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1dc',
    500: '#997bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bcc;
$custom-light: #b8a1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BCC

secondary

#D5E0C3

accent

#B72E85

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BCC

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

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