#997DC8#997DC8

#997DC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.113 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DC8
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 200)
HSL	hsl(262, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 38%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 37.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 26.26, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 43.81, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0573 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.113 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8935, 25.6096, 57.9480)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DC8 #ACC87D

analogous

#7D86C8 #997DC8 #BE7DC8

triadic

#997DC8 #C8997D #7DC899

tetradic

#997DC8 #C87D86 #ACC87D #7DC8BE

square

#997DC8 #C87D86 #ACC87D #7DC8BE

split-complementary

#997DC8 #C8BE7D #86C87D

monochromatic

#5B3C8E #7752B6 #997DC8 #BBA8DA #DCD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#997DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#997DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DC8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DC8	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.113 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d9',
    500: '#997dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dc8;
$custom-light: #b8a3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.4,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DC8

secondary

#D4DEC3

accent

#B43283

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FA

border

#D0CDD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DC8

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

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