#997EC6#997EC6

#997EC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.109 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EC6
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 198)
HSL	hsl(263, 39%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 25.20, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 42.08, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0554 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.109 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7885, 25.7711, 56.7674)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EC6 #ABC67E

analogous

#7E87C6 #997EC6 #BD7EC6

triadic

#997EC6 #C6997E #7EC699

tetradic

#997EC6 #C67E87 #ABC67E #7EC6BD

square

#997EC6 #C67E87 #ABC67E #7EC6BD

split-complementary

#997EC6 #C6BD7E #87C67E

monochromatic

#5B3E8C #7754B3 #997EC6 #BBA8D9 #DCD3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#997EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#997EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EC6

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EC6	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.109 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d7',
    500: '#997ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ec6;
$custom-light: #b8a3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64634,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EC6

secondary

#D3DDC3

accent

#B23482

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EC6

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

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