#997DDB#997DDB

#997DDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.139 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DDB
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 219)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 43%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 30.94, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 54.10, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0609 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.139 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2535, 26.5536, 70.3775)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DDB #BFDB7D

analogous

#7D90DB #997DDB #C87DDB

triadic

#997DDB #DB997D #7DDB99

tetradic

#997DDB #DB7D90 #BFDB7D #7DDBC8

square

#997DDB #DB7D90 #BFDB7D #7DDBC8

split-complementary

#997DDB #DBC87D #90DB7D

monochromatic

#5530AE #734DCE #997DDB #BFADE8 #E4DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#997DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#997DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DDB

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DDB	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.139 296.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65516,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DDB

secondary

#E0E9CB

accent

#C42194

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DDB

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

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