#997BE0#997BE0

#997BE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.148 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BE0
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 224)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 45%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 45.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 33.36, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 58.06, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0643 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.148 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6710, 26.3196, 73.8128)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BE0 #C2E07B

analogous

#7B8FE0 #997BE0 #CB7BE0

triadic

#997BE0 #E0997B #7BE099

tetradic

#997BE0 #E07B8F #C2E07B #7BE0CB

square

#997BE0 #E07B8F #C2E07B #7BE0CB

split-complementary

#997BE0 #E0CB7B #8FE07B

monochromatic

#542BB6 #7349D4 #997BE0 #BFADEC #E6DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#997BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#997BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BE0

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BE0	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.148 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ea',
    500: '#997be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997be0;
$custom-light: #baa1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.822,
    "s": 61.963,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65432,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BE0

secondary

#E2EBCC

accent

#CA1C96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BE0

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

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