#997CF8#997CF8

#997CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.178 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CF8
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 248)
HSL	hsl(254, 90%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 50%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 50%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 39.05, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 70.29, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0656 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.178 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2832, 27.9639, 92.2220)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CF8 #DBF87C

analogous

#7C9DF8 #997CF8 #D77CF8

triadic

#997CF8 #F8997C #7CF899

tetradic

#997CF8 #F87C9D #DBF87C #7CF8D7

square

#997CF8 #F87C9D #DBF87C #7CF8D7

split-complementary

#997CF8 #F8D77C #9DF87C

monochromatic

#410DED #6C42F5 #997CF8 #C6B6FB #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#997CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#997CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CF8

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CF8	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A92FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E8EF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8095AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.178 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba2fb',
    500: '#997cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cf8;
$custom-light: #bba2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 89.855,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66987,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CF8

secondary

#EEF6D5

accent

#E600B0

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F3FF

border

#D0CDD7

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CF8

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

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