#997CF9#997CF9

#997CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.179 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CF9
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 249)
HSL	hsl(254, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 39.31, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 70.82, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0657 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.179 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4388, 28.0262, 93.0412)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CF9 #DCF97C

analogous

#7C9DF9 #997CF9 #D77CF9

triadic

#997CF9 #F9997C #7CF999

tetradic

#997CF9 #F97C9D #DCF97C #7CF9D7

square

#997CF9 #F97C9D #DCF97C #7CF9D7

split-complementary

#997CF9 #F9D77C #9DF97C

monochromatic

#400BF0 #6B41F6 #997CF9 #C7B7FC #E8E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#997CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#997CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CF9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CF9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4992FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D8EF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8095AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.179 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba2fc',
    500: '#997cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997cf9;
$custom-light: #bba2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CF9

secondary

#EEF6D5

accent

#E600B0

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F3FF

border

#D0CDD7

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CF9

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

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