#997CC2#997CC2

#997CC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CC2
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 194)
HSL	hsl(265, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 25.41, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 41.22, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.0574 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.107 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0801, 25.0827, 54.2852)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CC2 #A5C27C

analogous

#7C82C2 #997CC2 #BC7CC2

triadic

#997CC2 #C2997C #7CC299

tetradic

#997CC2 #C27C82 #A5C27C #7CC2BC

square

#997CC2 #C27C82 #A5C27C #7CC2BC

split-complementary

#997CC2 #C2BC7C #82C27C

monochromatic

#5C3E85 #7852AF #997CC2 #BAA6D5 #DAD0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#997CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#997CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CC2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CC2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C89C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a2d4',
    500: '#997cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cc2;
$custom-light: #b8a2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 36.458,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64072,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CC2

secondary

#CFDAC0

accent

#AF367D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CC2

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

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