#997BDB#997BDB

#997BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.142 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BDB
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 43.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 32.09, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 55.37, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0636 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.142 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0029, 26.0523, 70.2939)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BDB #BDDB7B

analogous

#7B8DDB #997BDB #C97BDB

triadic

#997BDB #DB997B #7BDB99

tetradic

#997BDB #DB7B8D #BDDB7B #7BDBC9

square

#997BDB #DB7B8D #BDDB7B #7BDBC9

split-complementary

#997BDB #DBC97B #8DDB7B

monochromatic

#562FAD #744BCE #997BDB #BEABE8 #E3DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#997BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#997BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BDB

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BDB	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.142 296.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6516,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BDB

secondary

#DFE8CA

accent

#C52191

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BDB

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

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