#997BD6#997BD6

#997BD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.135 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BD6
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 214)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 30.84, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 52.67, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0628 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.135 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3545, 25.7930, 66.8793)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BD6 #B8D67B

analogous

#7B8AD6 #997BD6 #C67BD6

triadic

#997BD6 #D6997B #7BD699

tetradic

#997BD6 #D67B8A #B8D67B #7BD6C6

square

#997BD6 #D67B8A #B8D67B #7BD6C6

split-complementary

#997BD6 #D6C67B #8AD67B

monochromatic

#5833A4 #754CC7 #997BD6 #BDAAE5 #E1D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#997BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#997BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BD6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BD6	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.135 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e3',
    500: '#997bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bd6;
$custom-light: #b9a1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 52.601,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64893,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BD6

secondary

#DBE5C7

accent

#C0258D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BD6

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

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