#997CD9#997CD9

#997CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.137 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CD9
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 217)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 31.02, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 53.65, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0619 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.137 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8659, 26.1970, 68.9572)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CD9 #BCD97C

analogous

#7C8ED9 #997CD9 #C87CD9

triadic

#997CD9 #D9997C #7CD999

tetradic

#997CD9 #D97C8E #BCD97C #7CD9C8

square

#997CD9 #D97C8E #BCD97C #7CD9C8

split-complementary

#997CD9 #D9C87C #8ED97C

monochromatic

#5731A9 #744DCB #997CD9 #BEABE7 #E3DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#997CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#997CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CD9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CD9	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.137 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e5',
    500: '#997cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cd9;
$custom-light: #b9a2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 55.03,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65231,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CD9

secondary

#DEE7CA

accent

#C32391

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CD9

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

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