#997DDD#997DDD

#997DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.141 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DDD
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 43.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, 31.45, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 55.18, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0612 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.141 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5184, 26.6595, 71.7725)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DDD #C1DD7D

analogous

#7D91DD #997DDD #C97DDD

triadic

#997DDD #DD997D #7DDD99

tetradic

#997DDD #DD7D91 #C1DD7D #7DDDC9

square

#997DDD #DD7D91 #C1DD7D #7DDDC9

split-complementary

#997DDD #DDC97D #91DD7D

monochromatic

#552EB1 #734CD0 #997DDD #BFAEEA #E5DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#997DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#997DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DDD

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DDD	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.141 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e8',
    500: '#997ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ddd;
$custom-light: #b9a3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DDD

secondary

#E1EACC

accent

#C61F96

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FC

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DDD

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

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