#997BCF#997BCF

#997BCF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BCF
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 207)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 29.11, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 48.89, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0616 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.126 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4797, 25.4430, 62.2719)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BCF #B1CF7B

analogous

#7B87CF #997BCF #C37BCF

triadic

#997BCF #CF997B #7BCF99

tetradic

#997BCF #CF7B87 #B1CF7B #7BCFC3

square

#997BCF #CF7B87 #B1CF7B #7BCFC3

split-complementary

#997BCF #CFC37B #87CF7B

monochromatic

#5A3798 #764EBF #997BCF #BCA8DF #DED5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#997BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#997BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BCF

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BCF	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A89CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1de',
    500: '#997bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bcf;
$custom-light: #b9a1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6453,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BCF

secondary

#D7E1C4

accent

#BA2C87

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BCF

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

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