#997BE6#997BE6

#997BE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.156 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BE6
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 34.90, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 61.29, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0651 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.156 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4991, 26.6508, 78.1741)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BE6 #C8E67B

analogous

#7B93E6 #997BE6 #CE7BE6

triadic

#997BE6 #E6997B #7BE699

tetradic

#997BE6 #E67B93 #C8E67B #7BE6CE

square

#997BE6 #E67B93 #C8E67B #7BE6CE

split-complementary

#997BE6 #E6CE7B #93E67B

monochromatic

#5125C2 #7148DC #997BE6 #C1AEF0 #E9E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#997BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#997BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BE6

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BE6	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.156 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ee',
    500: '#997be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997be6;
$custom-light: #baa1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 68.153,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BE6

secondary

#E5EECF

accent

#D0159C

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BE6

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

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