#997BE5#997BE5

#997BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.155 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BE5
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 46.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 34.64, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 60.75, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.065 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.155 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3591, 26.5948, 77.4366)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BE5 #C7E57B

analogous

#7B92E5 #997BE5 #CE7BE5

triadic

#997BE5 #E5997B #7BE599

tetradic

#997BE5 #E57B92 #C7E57B #7BE5CE

square

#997BE5 #E57B92 #C7E57B #7BE5CE

split-complementary

#997BE5 #E5CE7B #92E57B

monochromatic

#5126C0 #7148DB #997BE5 #C1AEEF #E8E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#997BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#997BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BE5

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BE5	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.155 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ee',
    500: '#997be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997be5;
$custom-light: #baa1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65711,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BE5

secondary

#E5EDCE

accent

#CF179B

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BE5

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

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