#997BEA#997BEA

#997BEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.161 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BEA
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 47.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 35.93, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 63.43, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0656 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.161 294)
XYZ	xyz(35.0673, 26.8781, 81.1664)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BEA #CCEA7B

analogous

#7B95EA #997BEA #D07BEA

triadic

#997BEA #EA997B #7BEA99

tetradic

#997BEA #EA7B95 #CCEA7B #7BEAD0

square

#997BEA #EA7B95 #CCEA7B #7BEAD0

split-complementary

#997BEA #EAD07B #95EA7B

monochromatic

#4E20CA #7046E2 #997BEA #C2B0F2 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#997BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#997BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BEA

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BEA	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8690A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.161 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f1',
    500: '#997bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bea;
$custom-light: #baa1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.26879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BEA

secondary

#E8F0D1

accent

#D511A0

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BEA

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

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