#997CB0#997CB0

#997CB0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.083 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CB0
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 176)
HSL	hsl(273, 25%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 30%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 21.29, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 31.59, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0527 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.083 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1796, 24.3225, 44.2761)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CB0 #93B07C

analogous

#7F7CB0 #997CB0 #B07CAD

triadic

#997CB0 #B0997C #7CB099

tetradic

#997CB0 #B07F7C #93B07C #7CADB0

square

#997CB0 #B07F7C #93B07C #7CADB0

split-complementary

#997CB0 #ADB07C #7CB07F

monochromatic

#5B436F #7B5A95 #997CB0 #B7A2C7 #D4C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#997CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#997CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CB0

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CB0	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7386B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.083 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2c7',
    500: '#997cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cb0;
$custom-light: #b7a2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 24.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CB0

secondary

#C3CEBA

accent

#C1678F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CB0

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

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