#997EB3#997EB3

#997EB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EB3
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 179)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 20.80, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 31.84, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0506 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.083 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7329, 24.9489, 45.9410)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EB3 #98B37E

analogous

#7E7EB3 #997EB3 #B37EB3

triadic

#997EB3 #B3997E #7EB399

tetradic

#997EB3 #B37E7E #98B37E #7EB3B3

square

#997EB3 #B37E7E #98B37E #7EB3B3

split-complementary

#997EB3 #B3B37E #7EB37E

monochromatic

#5C4473 #7A5A99 #997EB3 #B7A5CA #D6CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#997EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#997EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EB3

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EB3	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3ca',
    500: '#997eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997eb3;
$custom-light: #b7a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 25.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63767,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EB3

secondary

#C6D1BC

accent

#C26693

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EB3

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

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