#997DCB#997DCB

#997DCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DCB
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 203)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 26.98, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 45.44, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.0579 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.117 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2476, 25.7512, 59.8126)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DCB #AFCB7D

analogous

#7D88CB #997DCB #C07DCB

triadic

#997DCB #CB997D #7DCB99

tetradic

#997DCB #CB7D88 #AFCB7D #7DCBC0

square

#997DCB #CB7D88 #AFCB7D #7DCBC0

split-complementary

#997DCB #CBC07D #88CB7D

monochromatic

#5A3B93 #7751BA #997DCB #BBA9DC #DED4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#997DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#997DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DCB

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DCB	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3db',
    500: '#997dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dcb;
$custom-light: #b8a3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64693,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DCB

secondary

#D6DFC4

accent

#B63086

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DCB

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

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