#997EC8#997EC8

#997EC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EC8
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 200)
HSL	hsl(262, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 37%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 25.68, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 43.16, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0559 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.111 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0207, 25.8640, 57.9904)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EC8 #ADC87E

analogous

#7E88C8 #997EC8 #BE7EC8

triadic

#997EC8 #C8997E #7EC899

tetradic

#997EC8 #C87E88 #ADC87E #7EC8BE

square

#997EC8 #C87E88 #ADC87E #7EC8BE

split-complementary

#997EC8 #C8BE7E #88C87E

monochromatic

#5B3D8F #7753B6 #997EC8 #BBA9DA #DDD4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#997EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EC8

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EC8	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a3d9',
    500: '#997ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ec8;
$custom-light: #b8a3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.892,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64731,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EC8

secondary

#D4DEC4

accent

#B33284

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EC8

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

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