#997DB2#997DB2

#997DB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.084 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DB2
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 29.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 21.16, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 31.97, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0518 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.084 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5049, 24.6541, 45.3679)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DB2 #96B27D

analogous

#7F7DB2 #997DB2 #B27DB1

triadic

#997DB2 #B2997D #7DB299

tetradic

#997DB2 #B27F7D #96B27D #7DB1B2

square

#997DB2 #B27F7D #96B27D #7DB1B2

split-complementary

#997DB2 #B1B27D #7DB27F

monochromatic

#5C4371 #7B5A98 #997DB2 #B7A3C9 #D5CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#997DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#997DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DB2

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DB2	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7487B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.084 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c9',
    500: '#997db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997db2;
$custom-light: #b7a3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 25.604,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DB2

secondary

#C5D0BB

accent

#C26691

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DB2

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

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