#997DE2#997DE2

#997DE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.148 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DE2
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 45%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 44.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 32.73, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 57.88, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.062 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.148 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1945, 26.9300, 75.3332)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DE2 #C6E27D

analogous

#7D94E2 #997DE2 #CC7DE2

triadic

#997DE2 #E2997D #7DE299

tetradic

#997DE2 #E27D94 #C6E27D #7DE2CC

square

#997DE2 #E27D94 #C6E27D #7DE2CC

split-complementary

#997DE2 #E2CC7D #94E27D

monochromatic

#522ABB #724BD7 #997DE2 #C0AFED #E8E1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#997DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#997DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DE2

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DE2	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8990A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.148 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3eb',
    500: '#997de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997de2;
$custom-light: #baa3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DE2

secondary

#E4ECCE

accent

#CB1A9A

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DE2

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

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