#997DC2#997DC2

#997DC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.105 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DC2
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 194)
HSL	hsl(264, 36%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 24.83, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 40.56, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0559 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.105 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2060, 25.3346, 54.3272)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DC2 #A6C27D

analogous

#7D83C2 #997DC2 #BC7DC2

triadic

#997DC2 #C2997D #7DC299

tetradic

#997DC2 #C27D83 #A6C27D #7DC2BC

square

#997DC2 #C27D83 #A6C27D #7DC2BC

split-complementary

#997DC2 #C2BC7D #83C27D

monochromatic

#5C3F86 #7853AE #997DC2 #BAA7D6 #DAD0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#997DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#997DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DC2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DC2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D89C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.105 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d4',
    500: '#997dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dc2;
$custom-light: #b8a3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 36.126,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64258,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DC2

secondary

#D0DAC1

accent

#AF367E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DC2

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

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