#997BD7#997BD7

#997BD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.136 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BD7
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 215)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 42.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 31.09, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 53.21, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.063 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.136 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4826, 25.8442, 67.5539)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BD7 #B9D77B

analogous

#7B8BD7 #997BD7 #C77BD7

triadic

#997BD7 #D7997B #7BD799

tetradic

#997BD7 #D77B8B #B9D77B #7BD7C7

square

#997BD7 #D77B8B #B9D77B #7BD7C7

split-complementary

#997BD7 #D7C77B #8BD77B

monochromatic

#5832A5 #754CC9 #997BD7 #BDAAE5 #E2D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#997BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BD7

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BD7	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.136 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e4',
    500: '#997bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bd7;
$custom-light: #b9a1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BD7

secondary

#DCE6C8

accent

#C1258E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BD7

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

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