#997CD6#997CD6

#997CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.133 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD6
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 214)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 42.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 30.27, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 52.03, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0614 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.133 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4792, 26.0423, 66.9208)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD6 #B9D67C

analogous

#7C8CD6 #997CD6 #C67CD6

triadic

#997CD6 #D6997C #7CD699

tetradic

#997CD6 #D67C8C #B9D67C #7CD6C6

square

#997CD6 #D67C8C #B9D67C #7CD6C6

split-complementary

#997CD6 #D6C67C #8CD67C

monochromatic

#5833A4 #754DC7 #997CD6 #BDABE5 #E2D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#997CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#997CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.133 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e3',
    500: '#997cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd6;
$custom-light: #b9a2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.333,
    "s": 52.326,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65073,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD6

secondary

#DCE6C8

accent

#C0268E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD6

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

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