#997DC6#997DC6

#997DC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DC6
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 198)
HSL	hsl(263, 39%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 36.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 25.78, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 42.73, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0569 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.11 301)
XYZ	xyz(30.6613, 25.5167, 56.7250)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DC6 #AAC67D

analogous

#7D85C6 #997DC6 #BD7DC6

triadic

#997DC6 #C6997D #7DC699

tetradic

#997DC6 #C67D85 #AAC67D #7DC6BD

square

#997DC6 #C67D85 #AAC67D #7DC6BD

split-complementary

#997DC6 #C6BD7D #85C67D

monochromatic

#5B3D8B #7852B3 #997DC6 #BAA8D9 #DCD2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#997DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#997DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DC6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DC6	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d7',
    500: '#997dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dc6;
$custom-light: #b8a3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.014,
    "s": 39.037,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64449,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.25517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DC6

secondary

#D2DCC2

accent

#B23381

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DC6

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

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