#997DFF#997DFF

#997DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.186 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DFF
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 255)
HSL	hsl(253, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 51%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 40.35, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 73.39, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0649 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.186 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5155, 28.6584, 98.0907)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DFF #E3FF7D

analogous

#7DA2FF #997DFF #DA7DFF

triadic

#997DFF #FF997D #7DFF99

tetradic

#997DFF #FF7DA2 #E3FF7D #7DFFDA

square

#997DFF #FF7DA2 #E3FF7D #7DFFDA

split-complementary

#997DFF #FFDA7D #A2FF7D

monochromatic

#3903FF #6940FF #997DFF #C9BAFF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#997DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#997DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DFF

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DFF	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4594FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#488FFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D98B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.186 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca3ff',
    500: '#997dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dff;
$custom-light: #bca3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.923,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67579,
    "c": 0.18562,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DFF

secondary

#F0F7D4

accent

#E600B4

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#120F18

muted

#817F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DFF

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

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