#997DCC#997DCC

#997DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DCC
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 204)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 38.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 27.23, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 45.98, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0581 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.118 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3671, 25.7990, 60.4422)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DCC #B0CC7D

analogous

#7D89CC #997DCC #C17DCC

triadic

#997DCC #CC997D #7DCC99

tetradic

#997DCC #CC7D89 #B0CC7D #7DCCC1

square

#997DCC #CC7D89 #B0CC7D #7DCCC1

split-complementary

#997DCC #CCC17D #89CC7D

monochromatic

#5A3A94 #7751BB #997DCC #BBA9DD #DED5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#997DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#997DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DCC

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DCC	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3dc',
    500: '#997dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dcc;
$custom-light: #b8a3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.266,
    "s": 43.646,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64743,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DCC

secondary

#D6E0C5

accent

#B72F87

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DCC

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

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