#997CC8#997CC8

#997CC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CC8
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 200)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 38%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 26.84, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 44.46, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.0587 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.115 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7676, 25.3577, 57.9060)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CC8 #ABC87C

analogous

#7C85C8 #997CC8 #BF7CC8

triadic

#997CC8 #C8997C #7CC899

tetradic

#997CC8 #C87C85 #ABC87C #7CC8BF

square

#997CC8 #C87C85 #ABC87C #7CC8BF

split-complementary

#997CC8 #C8BF7C #85C87C

monochromatic

#5B3C8E #7751B6 #997CC8 #BBA7DA #DCD2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#997CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#997CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CC8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CC8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a2d9',
    500: '#997cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cc8;
$custom-light: #b8a2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.895,
    "s": 40.86,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64362,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CC8

secondary

#D3DDC2

accent

#B43282

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CC8

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

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