#997BEE#997BEE

#997BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.167 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BEE
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 48.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 36.98, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 65.57, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.066 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.167 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6484, 27.1105, 84.2270)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BEE #D0EE7B

analogous

#7B96EE #997BEE #D27BEE

triadic

#997BEE #EE997B #7BEE99

tetradic

#997BEE #EE7B96 #D0EE7B #7BEED2

square

#997BEE #EE7B96 #D0EE7B #7BEED2

split-complementary

#997BEE #EED27B #96EE7B

monochromatic

#4B1BD3 #6F45E7 #997BEE #C3B1F5 #EAE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#997BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#997BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BEE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BEE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5190F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8492A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.167 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba1f4',
    500: '#997bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bee;
$custom-light: #bba1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BEE

secondary

#EAF2D3

accent

#D90CA4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BEE

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

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