#997CCE#997CCE

#997CCE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.123 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CCE
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 39.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 28.29, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 47.71, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.06 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.123 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4826, 25.6437, 61.6717)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CCE #B1CE7C

analogous

#7C88CE #997CCE #C27CCE

triadic

#997CCE #CE997C #7CCE99

tetradic

#997CCE #CE7C88 #B1CE7C #7CCEC2

square

#997CCE #CE7C88 #B1CE7C #7CCEC2

split-complementary

#997CCE #CEC27C #88CE7C

monochromatic

#5A3997 #764FBD #997CCE #BCA9DF #DED5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#997CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#997CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CCE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CCE	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.123 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2dd',
    500: '#997cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cce;
$custom-light: #b9a2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.22,
    "s": 45.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64661,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CCE

secondary

#D7E1C5

accent

#B92D87

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CCE

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

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