#997CC4#997CC4

#997CC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CC4
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 196)
HSL	hsl(264, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 36.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 25.88, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 42.30, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0579 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.109 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3062, 25.1731, 55.4761)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CC4 #A7C47C

analogous

#7C83C4 #997CC4 #BD7CC4

triadic

#997CC4 #C4997C #7CC499

tetradic

#997CC4 #C47C83 #A7C47C #7CC4BD

square

#997CC4 #C47C83 #A7C47C #7CC4BD

split-complementary

#997CC4 #C4BD7C #83C47C

monochromatic

#5C3D88 #7852B1 #997CC4 #BAA6D7 #DBD0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#997CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#997CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CC4

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CC4	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B89C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7189C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a2d6',
    500: '#997cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cc4;
$custom-light: #b8a2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 37.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CC4

secondary

#D0DBC1

accent

#B1357F

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CC4

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

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