#997BD0#997BD0

#997BD0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BD0
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 208)
HSL	hsl(261, 47%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 40.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 29.36, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 49.43, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0617 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.127 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6024, 25.4921, 62.9178)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BD0 #B2D07B

analogous

#7B88D0 #997BD0 #C37BD0

triadic

#997BD0 #D0997B #7BD099

tetradic

#997BD0 #D07B88 #B2D07B #7BD0C3

square

#997BD0 #D07B88 #B2D07B #7BD0C3

split-complementary

#997BD0 #D0C37B #88D07B

monochromatic

#5A379A #764EC0 #997BD0 #BCA8E0 #DFD5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#997BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#997BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BD0

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BD0	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648AD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1df',
    500: '#997bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bd0;
$custom-light: #b9a1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 47.486,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BD0

secondary

#D8E2C5

accent

#BB2B88

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BD0

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

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