#997DCD#997DCD

#997DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DCD
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 39%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 27.47, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 46.52, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0584 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.12 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4874, 25.8471, 61.0759)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DCD #B1CD7D

analogous

#7D89CD #997DCD #C17DCD

triadic

#997DCD #CD997D #7DCD99

tetradic

#997DCD #CD7D89 #B1CD7D #7DCDC1

square

#997DCD #CD7D89 #B1CD7D #7DCDC1

split-complementary

#997DCD #CDC17D #89CD7D

monochromatic

#5A3A96 #7651BC #997DCD #BCA9DE #DED5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#997DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DCD

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DCD	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 299.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64793,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DCD

secondary

#D7E1C5

accent

#B82E87

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DCD

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

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