#997BDD#997BDD

#997BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.144 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BDD
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 44.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 32.60, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 56.45, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0639 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.144 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2678, 26.1582, 71.6889)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BDD #BFDD7B

analogous

#7B8EDD #997BDD #CA7BDD

triadic

#997BDD #DD997B #7BDD99

tetradic

#997BDD #DD7B8E #BFDD7B #7BDDCA

square

#997BDD #DD7B8E #BFDD7B #7BDDCA

split-complementary

#997BDD #DDCA7B #8EDD7B

monochromatic

#552DB0 #734AD0 #997BDD #BFACEA #E4DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#997BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#997BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BDD

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BDD	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.144 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e8',
    500: '#997bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bdd;
$custom-light: #b9a1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.367,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65268,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BDD

secondary

#E0E9CB

accent

#C71F93

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BDD

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

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