#997BD5#997BD5

#997BD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.134 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BD5
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 213)
HSL	hsl(260, 52%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 30.59, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 52.13, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0626 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.134 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2272, 25.7420, 66.2087)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BD5 #B7D57B

analogous

#7B8AD5 #997BD5 #C67BD5

triadic

#997BD5 #D5997B #7BD599

tetradic

#997BD5 #D57B8A #B7D57B #7BD5C6

square

#997BD5 #D57B8A #B7D57B #7BD5C6

split-complementary

#997BD5 #D5C67B #8AD57B

monochromatic

#5834A2 #754DC6 #997BD5 #BDA9E4 #E1D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#997BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#997BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BD5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BD5	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.134 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e2',
    500: '#997bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bd5;
$custom-light: #b9a1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64841,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BD5

secondary

#DBE5C7

accent

#BF268C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BD5

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

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