#997BEC#997BEC

#997BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.164 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BEC
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 47.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 36.45, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 64.50, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0658 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.164 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3562, 26.9936, 82.6881)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BEC #CEEC7B

analogous

#7B95EC #997BEC #D17BEC

triadic

#997BEC #EC997B #7BEC99

tetradic

#997BEC #EC7B95 #CEEC7B #7BECD1

square

#997BEC #EC7B95 #CEEC7B #7BECD1

split-complementary

#997BEC #ECD17B #95EC7B

monochromatic

#4D1ECF #7046E4 #997BEC #C2B0F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#997BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#997BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BEC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BEC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8591A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.164 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa1f3',
    500: '#997bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bec;
$custom-light: #baa1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.929,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66109,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BEC

secondary

#E9F1D2

accent

#D70FA2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BEC

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

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