#997EDE#997EDE

#997EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.141 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EDE
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 222)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 43.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 31.13, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 55.09, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.06 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.141 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7793, 26.9674, 72.5186)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EDE #C3DE7E

analogous

#7E93DE #997EDE #C97EDE

triadic

#997EDE #DE997E #7EDE99

tetradic

#997EDE #DE7E93 #C3DE7E #7EDEC9

square

#997EDE #DE7E93 #C3DE7E #7EDEC9

split-complementary

#997EDE #DEC97E #93DE7E

monochromatic

#542EB4 #724DD2 #997EDE #C0AFEA #E6DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#997EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#997EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EDE

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EDE	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A90A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.141 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3e9',
    500: '#997ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ede;
$custom-light: #b9a3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65856,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EDE

secondary

#E2EACD

accent

#C71F98

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EDE

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

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