#997CCC#997CCC

#997CCC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CCC
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 204)
HSL	hsl(262, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 39.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 27.80, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 46.62, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0596 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.12 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2411, 25.5471, 60.4002)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CCC #AFCC7C

analogous

#7C87CC #997CCC #C17CCC

triadic

#997CCC #CC997C #7CCC99

tetradic

#997CCC #CC7C87 #AFCC7C #7CCCC1

square

#997CCC #CC7C87 #AFCC7C #7CCCC1

split-complementary

#997CCC #CCC17C #87CC7C

monochromatic

#5A3A94 #7750BB #997CCC #BBA8DD #DED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#997CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#997CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CCC

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CCC	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a2dc',
    500: '#997ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ccc;
$custom-light: #b8a2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.75,
    "s": 43.956,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6456,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CCC

secondary

#D6E0C4

accent

#B72E86

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CCC

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

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