#997EE5#997EE5

#997EE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.150 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE5
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 229)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 45%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 32.92, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 58.86, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0611 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.15 294)
XYZ	xyz(34.7370, 27.3505, 77.5626)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE5 #CAE57E

analogous

#7E97E5 #997EE5 #CD7EE5

triadic

#997EE5 #E5997E #7EE599

tetradic

#997EE5 #E57E97 #CAE57E #7EE5CD

square

#997EE5 #E57E97 #CAE57E #7EE5CD

split-complementary

#997EE5 #E5CD7E #97E57E

monochromatic

#5027C2 #714BDB #997EE5 #C1B1EF #EAE4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#997EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#997EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE5	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C90E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8791A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.150 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3ee',
    500: '#997ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee5;
$custom-light: #baa3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.728,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66237,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.27351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE5

secondary

#E6EED1

accent

#CE179E

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE5

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

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