#997CB2#997CB2

#997CB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CB2
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 21.74, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 32.64, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0533 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.085 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3789, 24.4022, 45.3259)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CB2 #95B27C

analogous

#7E7CB2 #997CB2 #B27CB0

triadic

#997CB2 #B2997C #7CB299

tetradic

#997CB2 #B27E7C #95B27C #7CB0B2

square

#997CB2 #B27E7C #95B27C #7CB0B2

split-complementary

#997CB2 #B0B27C #7CB27E

monochromatic

#5C4271 #7B5998 #997CB2 #B7A3C9 #D5C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#997CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CB2

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CB2	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2c9',
    500: '#997cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cb2;
$custom-light: #b7a2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 25.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CB2

secondary

#C4CFBA

accent

#C26590

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CB2

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

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