#997EE3#997EE3

#997EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.148 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE3
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 44.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 32.41, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 57.79, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0608 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.148 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4593, 27.2395, 76.1004)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE3 #C8E37E

analogous

#7E96E3 #997EE3 #CC7EE3

triadic

#997EE3 #E3997E #7EE399

tetradic

#997EE3 #E37E96 #C8E37E #7EE3CC

square

#997EE3 #E37E96 #C8E37E #7EE3CC

split-complementary

#997EE3 #E3CC7E #96E37E

monochromatic

#5129BD #714CD8 #997EE3 #C1B0EE #E9E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#997EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#997EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE3

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE3	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8891A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.148 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3ec',
    500: '#997ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee3;
$custom-light: #baa3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.04,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66127,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE3

secondary

#E5EDD0

accent

#CC199C

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE3

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

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