#997BD2#997BD2

#997BD2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.130 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BD2
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 210)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 41.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 29.85, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 50.51, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0621 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.13 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8500, 25.5911, 64.2219)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BD2 #B4D27B

analogous

#7B88D2 #997BD2 #C57BD2

triadic

#997BD2 #D2997B #7BD299

tetradic

#997BD2 #D27B88 #B4D27B #7BD2C5

square

#997BD2 #D27B88 #B4D27B #7BD2C5

split-complementary

#997BD2 #D2C57B #88D27B

monochromatic

#59369D #764DC2 #997BD2 #BCA9E2 #E0D6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#997BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#997BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BD2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BD2	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.130 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e0',
    500: '#997bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bd2;
$custom-light: #b9a1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64684,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BD2

secondary

#D9E3C6

accent

#BC298A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BD2

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

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