#997BE3#997BE3

#997BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.152 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BE3
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 227)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 34.13, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 59.68, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0647 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.152 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0815, 26.4837, 75.9744)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BE3 #C5E37B

analogous

#7B91E3 #997BE3 #CD7BE3

triadic

#997BE3 #E3997B #7BE399

tetradic

#997BE3 #E37B91 #C5E37B #7BE3CD

square

#997BE3 #E37B91 #C5E37B #7BE3CD

split-complementary

#997BE3 #E3CD7B #91E37B

monochromatic

#5328BC #7249D8 #997BE3 #C0ADEE #E7E0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#997BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#997BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BE3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BE3	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.152 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ec',
    500: '#997be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997be3;
$custom-light: #baa1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BE3

secondary

#E3ECCD

accent

#CD1999

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BE3

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

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