#997CD4#997CD4

#997CD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.131 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD4
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 212)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 29.77, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 50.95, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0611 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.131 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2254, 25.9408, 65.5839)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD4 #B7D47C

analogous

#7C8BD4 #997CD4 #C57CD4

triadic

#997CD4 #D4997C #7CD499

tetradic

#997CD4 #D47C8B #B7D47C #7CD4C5

square

#997CD4 #D47C8B #B7D47C #7CD4C5

split-complementary

#997CD4 #D4C57C #8BD47C

monochromatic

#5835A1 #754EC5 #997CD4 #BDAAE3 #E1D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#997CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#997CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD4

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD4	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.131 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e1',
    500: '#997cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd4;
$custom-light: #b9a2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.773,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64968,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD4

secondary

#DBE4C7

accent

#BE288C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD4

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

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