#997CEB#997CEB

#997CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.161 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CEB
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 47.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 35.62, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 63.34, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0644 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.161 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3360, 27.1850, 81.9667)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CEB #CEEB7C

analogous

#7C96EB #997CEB #D17CEB

triadic

#997CEB #EB997C #7CEB99

tetradic

#997CEB #EB7C96 #CEEB7C #7CEBD1

square

#997CEB #EB7C96 #CEEB7C #7CEBD1

split-complementary

#997CEB #EBD17C #96EB7C

monochromatic

#4D1FCD #7047E3 #997CEB #C2B1F3 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#997CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#997CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CEB

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CEB	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5590EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8591A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.161 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa2f2',
    500: '#997ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ceb;
$custom-light: #baa2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 73.51,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CEB

secondary

#E9F1D2

accent

#D610A2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CEB

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

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