#997EE4#997EE4

#997EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.149 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE4
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 44.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 32.67, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 58.33, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0609 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.149 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5978, 27.2948, 76.8294)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE4 #C9E47E

analogous

#7E96E4 #997EE4 #CC7EE4

triadic

#997EE4 #E4997E #7EE499

tetradic

#997EE4 #E47E96 #C9E47E #7EE4CC

square

#997EE4 #E47E96 #C9E47E #7EE4CC

split-complementary

#997EE4 #E4CC7E #96E47E

monochromatic

#5028C0 #714BD9 #997EE4 #C1B1EF #E9E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#997EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#997EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE4

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE4	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8891A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.149 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3ed',
    500: '#997ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee4;
$custom-light: #baa3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66182,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE4

secondary

#E6EED0

accent

#CD189D

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE4

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

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