#997DEC#997DEC

#997DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.161 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DEC
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 236)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 47%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 35.31, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 63.26, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0632 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.161 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6069, 27.4949, 82.7717)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DEC #D0EC7D

analogous

#7D98EC #997DEC #D07DEC

triadic

#997DEC #EC997D #7DEC99

tetradic

#997DEC #EC7D98 #D0EC7D #7DECD0

square

#997DEC #EC7D98 #D0EC7D #7DECD0

split-complementary

#997DEC #ECD07D #98EC7D

monochromatic

#4B1ED0 #6F48E4 #997DEC #C3B2F4 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#997DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#997DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DEC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DEC	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5690F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8593A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.161 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3f3',
    500: '#997dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dec;
$custom-light: #baa3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.135,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DEC

secondary

#EAF1D3

accent

#D70FA4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DEC

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

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