#997CEE#997CEE

#997CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.165 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CEE
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 36.41, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 64.95, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0647 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.165 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7731, 27.3599, 84.2686)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CEE #D1EE7C

analogous

#7C98EE #997CEE #D27CEE

triadic

#997CEE #EE997C #7CEE99

tetradic

#997CEE #EE7C98 #D1EE7C #7CEED2

square

#997CEE #EE7C98 #D1EE7C #7CEED2

split-complementary

#997CEE #EED27C #98EE7C

monochromatic

#4A1CD4 #6F46E7 #997CEE #C3B2F5 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#997CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#997CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CEE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CEE	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5390F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8492AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.165 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba2f4',
    500: '#997cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cee;
$custom-light: #bba2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.263,
    "s": 77.027,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66397,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CEE

secondary

#EAF2D4

accent

#D90CA5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CEE

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

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