#997CEC#997CEC

#997CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.162 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CEC
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 35.88, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 63.88, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0645 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.162 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4809, 27.2430, 82.7297)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CEC #CFEC7C

analogous

#7C97EC #997CEC #D17CEC

triadic

#997CEC #EC997C #7CEC99

tetradic

#997CEC #EC7C97 #CFEC7C #7CECD1

square

#997CEC #EC7C97 #CFEC7C #7CECD1

split-complementary

#997CEC #ECD17C #97EC7C

monochromatic

#4C1ED0 #6F47E4 #997CEC #C3B1F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#997CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#997CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CEC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CEC	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5490F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8592A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.162 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa2f3',
    500: '#997cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cec;
$custom-light: #baa2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.536,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CEC

secondary

#E9F1D3

accent

#D70FA3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CEC

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

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