#997CC7#997CC7

#997CC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CC7
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 199)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 37.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 26.60, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 43.92, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0585 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.113 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6511, 25.3111, 57.2925)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CC7 #AAC77C

analogous

#7C84C7 #997CC7 #BE7CC7

triadic

#997CC7 #C7997C #7CC799

tetradic

#997CC7 #C77C84 #AAC77C #7CC7BE

square

#997CC7 #C77C84 #AAC77C #7CC7BE

split-complementary

#997CC7 #C7BE7C #84C77C

monochromatic

#5B3C8D #7851B5 #997CC7 #BAA7D9 #DCD2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#997CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#997CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CC7

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CC7	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A89CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a2d8',
    500: '#997cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cc7;
$custom-light: #b8a2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.2,
    "s": 40.107,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64313,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CC7

secondary

#D2DDC2

accent

#B33281

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CC7

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

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