#997BED#997BED

#997BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.165 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BED
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 237)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 48.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 36.72, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 65.04, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0659 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.165 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5019, 27.0519, 83.4554)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BED #CFED7B

analogous

#7B96ED #997BED #D27BED

triadic

#997BED #ED997B #7BED99

tetradic

#997BED #ED7B96 #CFED7B #7BEDD2

square

#997BED #ED7B96 #CFED7B #7BEDD2

split-complementary

#997BED #EDD27B #96ED7B

monochromatic

#4C1DD1 #6F45E6 #997BED #C3B1F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#997BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#997BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BED

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BED	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8591A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.165 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1f3',
    500: '#997bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bed;
$custom-light: #bba1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BED

secondary

#E9F1D2

accent

#D80DA3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BED

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

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