#997DE3#997DE3

#997DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.149 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DE3
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 44.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 32.98, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 58.42, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0621 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.149 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3321, 26.9850, 76.0580)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DE3 #C7E37D

analogous

#7D94E3 #997DE3 #CC7DE3

triadic

#997DE3 #E3997D #7DE399

tetradic

#997DE3 #E37D94 #C7E37D #7DE3CC

square

#997DE3 #E37D94 #C7E37D #7DE3CC

split-complementary

#997DE3 #E3CC7D #94E37D

monochromatic

#5129BD #714BD8 #997DE3 #C1AFEE #E8E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#997DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#997DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DE3

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DE3	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8890A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.149 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3ec',
    500: '#997de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997de3;
$custom-light: #baa3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6595,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DE3

secondary

#E5EDCF

accent

#CC199B

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F3FD

border

#D0CDD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DE3

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

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