#997EE2#997EE2

#997EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.146 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE2
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 44.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 32.15, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 57.25, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0606 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.146 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3217, 27.1844, 75.3756)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE2 #C7E27E

analogous

#7E95E2 #997EE2 #CB7EE2

triadic

#997EE2 #E2997E #7EE299

tetradic

#997EE2 #E27E95 #C7E27E #7EE2CB

square

#997EE2 #E27E95 #C7E27E #7EE2CB

split-complementary

#997EE2 #E2CB7E #95E27E

monochromatic

#512ABB #714CD7 #997EE2 #C1B0ED #E8E2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#997EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#997EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE2

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE2	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8891A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.146 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3eb',
    500: '#997ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee2;
$custom-light: #baa3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.2,
    "s": 63.291,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66072,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE2

secondary

#E5EDCF

accent

#CB1A9B

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE2

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

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