#997DCE#997DCE

#997DCE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DCE
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 27.71, -38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 47.06, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0586 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.121 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6085, 25.8956, 61.7136)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DCE #B2CE7D

analogous

#7D8ACE #997DCE #C27DCE

triadic

#997DCE #CE997D #7DCE99

tetradic

#997DCE #CE7D8A #B2CE7D #7DCEC2

square

#997DCE #CE7D8A #B2CE7D #7DCEC2

split-complementary

#997DCE #CEC27D #8ACE7D

monochromatic

#5A3997 #7651BD #997DCE #BCA9DF #DFD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#997DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DCE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DCE	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3dd',
    500: '#997dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dce;
$custom-light: #b8a3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.741,
    "s": 45.251,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64843,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DCE

secondary

#D8E1C6

accent

#B82D88

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F3FB

border

#D0CDD4

text

#110F15

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DCE

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

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