#997DBA#997DBA

#997DBA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.094 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DBA
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 186)
HSL	hsl(268, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 22.97, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 36.25, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.054 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.094 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3316, 24.9848, 49.7222)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DBA #9EBA7D

analogous

#7D7FBA #997DBA #B77DBA

triadic

#997DBA #BA997D #7DBA99

tetradic

#997DBA #BA7D7F #9EBA7D #7DBAB7

square

#997DBA #BA7D7F #9EBA7D #7DBAB7

split-complementary

#997DBA #BAB77D #7FBA7D

monochromatic

#5C417B #7A57A3 #997DBA #B8A5CF #D8CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#997DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#997DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DBA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DBA	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7188BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.094 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3cf',
    500: '#997dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dba;
$custom-light: #b8a3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 30.653,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63887,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DBA

secondary

#CAD5BE

accent

#A93C77

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F9

border

#D0CDD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DBA

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

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