#997DDE#997DDE

#997DDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.142 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DDE
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 222)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 43.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 31.70, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 55.72, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0614 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.142 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6520, 26.7130, 72.4762)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DDE #C2DE7D

analogous

#7D91DE #997DDE #CA7DDE

triadic

#997DDE #DE997D #7DDE99

tetradic

#997DDE #DE7D91 #C2DE7D #7DDECA

square

#997DDE #DE7D91 #C2DE7D #7DDECA

split-complementary

#997DDE #DECA7D #91DE7D

monochromatic

#542DB3 #734CD2 #997DDE #BFAEEA #E6DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#997DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#997DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DDE

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DDE	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.142 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e9',
    500: '#997dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dde;
$custom-light: #b9a3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.32,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65677,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DDE

secondary

#E2EACD

accent

#C71E96

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DDE

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

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