#997CEA#997CEA

#997CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.160 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CEA
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 47%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 35.36, -51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 62.81, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0643 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.16 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1920, 27.1274, 81.2079)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CEA #CDEA7C

analogous

#7C96EA #997CEA #D07CEA

triadic

#997CEA #EA997C #7CEA99

tetradic

#997CEA #EA7C96 #CDEA7C #7CEAD0

square

#997CEA #EA7C96 #CDEA7C #7CEAD0

split-complementary

#997CEA #EAD07C #96EA7C

monochromatic

#4D21CB #7047E2 #997CEA #C2B1F2 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#997CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#997CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CEA

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CEA	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8691A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.160 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa2f1',
    500: '#997cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cea;
$custom-light: #baa2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.818,
    "s": 72.368,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CEA

secondary

#E8F0D2

accent

#D411A1

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CEA

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

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