#997CDB#997CDB

#997CDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.140 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CDB
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 219)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, 31.52, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 54.73, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0623 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.14 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1276, 26.3017, 70.3355)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CDB #BEDB7C

analogous

#7C8FDB #997CDB #C97CDB

triadic

#997CDB #DB997C #7CDB99

tetradic

#997CDB #DB7C8F #BEDB7C #7CDBC9

square

#997CDB #DB7C8F #BEDB7C #7CDBC9

split-complementary

#997CDB #DBC97C #8FDB7C

monochromatic

#5630AD #744CCE #997CDB #BEACE8 #E4DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#997CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#997CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CDB

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CDB	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.140 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a2e6',
    500: '#997cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cdb;
$custom-light: #b9a2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.316,
    "s": 56.886,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CDB

secondary

#DFE8CA

accent

#C42193

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CDB

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

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