#997BDA#997BDA

#997BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.140 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BDA
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 218)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 43.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 31.84, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 54.83, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0635 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.14 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8717, 25.9998, 69.6027)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BDA #BCDA7B

analogous

#7B8DDA #997BDA #C87BDA

triadic

#997BDA #DA997B #7BDA99

tetradic

#997BDA #DA7B8D #BCDA7B #7BDAC8

square

#997BDA #DA7B8D #BCDA7B #7BDAC8

split-complementary

#997BDA #DAC87B #8DDA7B

monochromatic

#5730AB #744BCD #997BDA #BEABE7 #E3DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#997BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#997BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BDA

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BDA	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.140 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e6',
    500: '#997bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bda;
$custom-light: #b9a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BDA

secondary

#DEE8C9

accent

#C42291

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BDA

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

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