#997EDD#997EDD

#997EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.140 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EDD
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 43%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 30.88, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 54.55, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0599 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.14 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6456, 26.9140, 71.8149)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EDD #C2DD7E

analogous

#7E92DD #997EDD #C97EDD

triadic

#997EDD #DD997E #7EDD99

tetradic

#997EDD #DD7E92 #C2DD7E #7EDDC9

square

#997EDD #DD7E92 #C2DD7E #7EDDC9

split-complementary

#997EDD #DDC97E #92DD7E

monochromatic

#542FB2 #734ED0 #997EDD #BFAEEA #E6DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#997EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#997EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EDD

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EDD	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.140 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e8',
    500: '#997edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997edd;
$custom-light: #b9a3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.053,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EDD

secondary

#E2EACD

accent

#C62097

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EDD

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

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