#997DDA#997DDA

#997DDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.137 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DDA
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 218)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 42.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 30.69, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 53.56, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0607 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.137 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1223, 26.5011, 69.6862)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DDA #BEDA7D

analogous

#7D8FDA #997DDA #C87DDA

triadic

#997DDA #DA997D #7DDA99

tetradic

#997DDA #DA7D8F #BEDA7D #7DDAC8

square

#997DDA #DA7D8F #BEDA7D #7DDAC8

split-complementary

#997DDA #DAC87D #8FDA7D

monochromatic

#5631AC #744DCC #997DDA #BEADE8 #E4DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#997DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#997DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DDA

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DDA	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.137 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e6',
    500: '#997dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dda;
$custom-light: #b9a3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.065,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DDA

secondary

#DFE8CB

accent

#C32293

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DDA

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

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