#997DBE#997DBE

#997DBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DBE
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 190)
HSL	hsl(266, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 34.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 23.89, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 38.41, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.055 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.1 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7628, 25.1573, 51.9931)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DBE #A2BE7D

analogous

#7D82BE #997DBE #BA7DBE

triadic

#997DBE #BE997D #7DBE99

tetradic

#997DBE #BE7D82 #A2BE7D #7DBEBA

square

#997DBE #BE7D82 #A2BE7D #7DBEBA

split-complementary

#997DBE #BEBA7D #82BE7D

monochromatic

#5C4080 #7955A9 #997DBE #B9A6D2 #D9CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#997DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#997DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DBE

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DBE	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d2',
    500: '#997dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dbe;
$custom-light: #b8a3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DBE

secondary

#CDD7BF

accent

#AC397B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F9

border

#D0CDD2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DBE

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

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