#997CED#997CED

#997CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.164 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CED
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 36.15, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 64.41, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0646 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.164 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6266, 27.3013, 83.4970)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CED #D0ED7C

analogous

#7C97ED #997CED #D17CED

triadic

#997CED #ED997C #7CED99

tetradic

#997CED #ED7C97 #D0ED7C #7CEDD1

square

#997CED #ED7C97 #D0ED7C #7CEDD1

split-complementary

#997CED #EDD17C #97ED7C

monochromatic

#4B1DD2 #6F46E6 #997CED #C3B2F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#997CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#997CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CED

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CED	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5390F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8592A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.164 293.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.398,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66339,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CED

secondary

#EAF2D3

accent

#D80DA4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CED

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

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