#997CD5#997CD5

#997CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.132 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD5
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 213)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 30.02, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 51.49, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0613 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.132 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3519, 25.9914, 66.2503)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD5 #B8D57C

analogous

#7C8BD5 #997CD5 #C57CD5

triadic

#997CD5 #D5997C #7CD599

tetradic

#997CD5 #D57C8B #B8D57C #7CD5C5

square

#997CD5 #D57C8B #B8D57C #7CD5C5

split-complementary

#997CD5 #D5C57C #8BD57C

monochromatic

#5834A2 #754EC6 #997CD5 #BDAAE4 #E1D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#997CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#997CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.132 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e2',
    500: '#997cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd5;
$custom-light: #b9a2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.551,
    "s": 51.445,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD5

secondary

#DBE5C8

accent

#BF278D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD5

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

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