#997BCD#997BCD

#997BCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.123 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BCD
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 40%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 28.62, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 47.81, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0612 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.123 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2368, 25.3458, 60.9923)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BCD #AFCD7B

analogous

#7B86CD #997BCD #C27BCD

triadic

#997BCD #CD997B #7BCD99

tetradic

#997BCD #CD7B86 #AFCD7B #7BCDC2

square

#997BCD #CD7B86 #AFCD7B #7BCDC2

split-complementary

#997BCD #CDC27B #86CD7B

monochromatic

#5A3895 #774FBC #997BCD #BBA7DE #DED4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#997BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#997BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BCD

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BCD	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1dc',
    500: '#997bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bcd;
$custom-light: #b9a1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64428,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BCD

secondary

#D6E0C4

accent

#B82D85

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BCD

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

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