#997CD7#997CD7

#997CD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.135 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD7
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 215)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 42%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 30.51, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 52.57, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0616 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.135 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6073, 26.0936, 67.5955)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD7 #BAD77C

analogous

#7C8DD7 #997CD7 #C77CD7

triadic

#997CD7 #D7997C #7CD799

tetradic

#997CD7 #D77C8D #BAD77C #7CD7C7

square

#997CD7 #D77C8D #BAD77C #7CD7C7

split-complementary

#997CD7 #D7C77C #8DD77C

monochromatic

#5733A6 #744DC9 #997CD7 #BEABE5 #E2DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#997CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#997CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD7

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD7	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.135 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e4',
    500: '#997cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd7;
$custom-light: #b9a2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.121,
    "s": 53.216,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65125,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD7

secondary

#DDE6C9

accent

#C1258F

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD7

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

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