#997EDA#997EDA

#997EDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.136 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EDA
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 218)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 42%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 42.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 30.12, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 52.92, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0594 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.136 296)
XYZ	xyz(33.2495, 26.7555, 69.7287)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EDA #BFDA7E

analogous

#7E91DA #997EDA #C77EDA

triadic

#997EDA #DA997E #7EDA99

tetradic

#997EDA #DA7E91 #BFDA7E #7EDAC7

square

#997EDA #DA7E91 #BFDA7E #7EDAC7

split-complementary

#997EDA #DAC77E #91DA7E

monochromatic

#5531AC #734ECC #997EDA #BFAEE8 #E4DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#997EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#997EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EDA

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EDA	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.136 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e6',
    500: '#997eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997eda;
$custom-light: #b9a3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.609,
    "s": 55.422,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65643,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.26756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EDA

secondary

#E0E8CC

accent

#C32394

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EDA

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

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