#997DB5#997DB5

#997DB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.088 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DB5
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 30.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 21.83, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 33.57, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0526 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.088 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8094, 24.7759, 46.9716)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DB5 #99B57D

analogous

#7D7DB5 #997DB5 #B57DB5

triadic

#997DB5 #B5997D #7DB599

tetradic

#997DB5 #B57D7D #99B57D #7DB5B5

square

#997DB5 #B57D7D #99B57D #7DB5B5

split-complementary

#997DB5 #B5B57D #7DB57D

monochromatic

#5C4375 #7A599C #997DB5 #B8A4CB #D6CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#997DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#997DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DB5

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DB5	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7287B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.088 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3cb',
    500: '#997db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997db5;
$custom-light: #b7a3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DB5

secondary

#C7D2BC

accent

#C46494

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DB5

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

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