#997CD8#997CD8

#997CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.136 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD8
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 216)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 30.77, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 53.11, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0618 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.136 297)
XYZ	xyz(32.7362, 26.1451, 68.2743)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD8 #BBD87C

analogous

#7C8DD8 #997CD8 #C77CD8

triadic

#997CD8 #D8997C #7CD899

tetradic

#997CD8 #D87C8D #BBD87C #7CD8C7

square

#997CD8 #D87C8D #BBD87C #7CD8C7

split-complementary

#997CD8 #D8C77C #8DD87C

monochromatic

#5732A8 #744DCA #997CD8 #BEABE6 #E2DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#997CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#997CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD8	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.136 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e4',
    500: '#997cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd8;
$custom-light: #b9a2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.913,
    "s": 54.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.26145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD8

secondary

#DDE7C9

accent

#C22490

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F15

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD8

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

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