#997BDE#997BDE

#997BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.146 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BDE
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 222)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 44.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 32.85, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 56.99, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0641 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.146 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4014, 26.2117, 72.3927)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BDE #C0DE7B

analogous

#7B8EDE #997BDE #CB7BDE

triadic

#997BDE #DE997B #7BDE99

tetradic

#997BDE #DE7B8E #C0DE7B #7BDECB

square

#997BDE #DE7B8E #C0DE7B #7BDECB

split-complementary

#997BDE #DECB7B #8EDE7B

monochromatic

#552DB2 #734AD2 #997BDE #BFACEA #E5DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#997BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#997BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BDE

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BDE	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.146 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1e9',
    500: '#997bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bde;
$custom-light: #b9a1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65323,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BDE

secondary

#E0EACB

accent

#C81E94

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BDE

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

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