#997DEE#997DEE

#997DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.164 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DEE
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 47.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 35.84, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 64.33, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0635 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.164 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8991, 27.6118, 84.3105)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DEE #D2EE7D

analogous

#7D99EE #997DEE #D17DEE

triadic

#997DEE #EE997D #7DEE99

tetradic

#997DEE #EE7D99 #D2EE7D #7DEED1

square

#997DEE #EE7D99 #D2EE7D #7DEED1

split-complementary

#997DEE #EED17D #99EE7D

monochromatic

#4A1CD5 #6F47E7 #997DEE #C3B3F5 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#997DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#997DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DEE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DEE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5491F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8493AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.164 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba3f4',
    500: '#997dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dee;
$custom-light: #bba3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 76.871,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6657,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DEE

secondary

#EBF2D5

accent

#D90CA6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DEE

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

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