#997BCE#997BCE

#997BCE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BCE
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 206)
HSL	hsl(262, 46%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 28.87, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 48.35, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0614 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.124 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3579, 25.3943, 61.6301)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BCE #B0CE7B

analogous

#7B87CE #997BCE #C37BCE

triadic

#997BCE #CE997B #7BCE99

tetradic

#997BCE #CE7B87 #B0CE7B #7BCEC3

square

#997BCE #CE7B87 #B0CE7B #7BCEC3

split-complementary

#997BCE #CEC37B #87CE7B

monochromatic

#5A3897 #774EBD #997BCE #BBA8DF #DED4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#997BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#997BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BCE

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BCE	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B89CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1dd',
    500: '#997bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bce;
$custom-light: #b9a1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 45.856,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64479,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BCE

secondary

#D6E1C4

accent

#B92C86

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BCE

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

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