#997CB3#997CB3

#997CB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.087 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CB3
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 21.96, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 33.18, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0536 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.087 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4797, 24.4425, 45.8566)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CB3 #96B37C

analogous

#7E7CB3 #997CB3 #B37CB2

triadic

#997CB3 #B3997C #7CB399

tetradic

#997CB3 #B37E7C #96B37C #7CB2B3

square

#997CB3 #B37E7C #96B37C #7CB2B3

split-complementary

#997CB3 #B2B37C #7CB37E

monochromatic

#5C4272 #7B5999 #997CB3 #B7A3C9 #D5C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#997CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CB3

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CB3	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.087 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2ca',
    500: '#997cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cb3;
$custom-light: #b7a2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 26.57,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CB3

secondary

#C5D0BB

accent

#C36591

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CB3

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

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