#997BEB#997BEB

#997BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.163 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BEB
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 47.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 36.19, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 63.97, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0657 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.163 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2114, 26.9357, 81.9251)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BEB #CDEB7B

analogous

#7B95EB #997BEB #D17BEB

triadic

#997BEB #EB997B #7BEB99

tetradic

#997BEB #EB7B95 #CDEB7B #7BEBD1

square

#997BEB #EB7B95 #CDEB7B #7BEBD1

split-complementary

#997BEB #EBD17B #95EB7B

monochromatic

#4D1FCD #7046E3 #997BEB #C2B0F3 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#997BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#997BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BEB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BEB	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8591A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.163 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f2',
    500: '#997beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997beb;
$custom-light: #baa1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66052,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BEB

secondary

#E8F0D1

accent

#D610A1

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BEB

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

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