#997EBD#997EBD

#997EBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.097 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EBD
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 189)
HSL	hsl(266, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 33.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 23.08, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 37.21, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0532 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.097 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7811, 25.3682, 51.4619)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EBD #A2BD7E

analogous

#7E83BD #997EBD #B97EBD

triadic

#997EBD #BD997E #7EBD99

tetradic

#997EBD #BD7E83 #A2BD7E #7EBDB9

square

#997EBD #BD7E83 #A2BD7E #7EBDB9

split-complementary

#997EBD #BDB97E #83BD7E

monochromatic

#5C417F #7956A8 #997EBD #B9A6D2 #D9CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#997EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#997EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EBD

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EBD	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7189C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.097 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d1',
    500: '#997ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ebd;
$custom-light: #b8a3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64212,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EBD

secondary

#CDD7C0

accent

#AB3A7B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EBD

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

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