#997CD3#997CD3

#997CD3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.129 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD3
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 211)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 29.52, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 50.41, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0609 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.129 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0996, 25.8905, 64.9216)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD3 #B6D37C

analogous

#7C8AD3 #997CD3 #C47CD3

triadic

#997CD3 #D3997C #7CD399

tetradic

#997CD3 #D37C8A #B6D37C #7CD3C4

square

#997CD3 #D37C8A #B6D37C #7CD3C4

split-complementary

#997CD3 #D3C47C #8AD37C

monochromatic

#59359F #754EC4 #997CD3 #BDAAE2 #E0D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#997CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD3	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.129 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e1',
    500: '#997cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd3;
$custom-light: #b9a2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64916,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD3

secondary

#DAE4C7

accent

#BD288C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD3

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

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