#997BE7#997BE7

#997BE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.157 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BE7
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 231)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 35.16, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 61.82, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0652 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.157 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6400, 26.7071, 78.9158)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BE7 #C9E77B

analogous

#7B93E7 #997BE7 #CF7BE7

triadic

#997BE7 #E7997B #7BE799

tetradic

#997BE7 #E77B93 #C9E77B #7BE7CF

square

#997BE7 #E77B93 #C9E77B #7BE7CF

split-complementary

#997BE7 #E7CF7B #93E77B

monochromatic

#5024C4 #7147DE #997BE7 #C1AFF0 #E9E3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#997BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#997BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BE7

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BE7	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8790A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.157 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1ef',
    500: '#997be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997be7;
$custom-light: #baa1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65823,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BE7

secondary

#E6EECF

accent

#D1149D

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BE7

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

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