#997EE6#997EE6

#997EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.152 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE6
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 33.18, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 59.40, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0612 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.152 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8770, 27.4065, 78.3000)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE6 #CBE67E

analogous

#7E97E6 #997EE6 #CD7EE6

triadic

#997EE6 #E6997E #7EE699

tetradic

#997EE6 #E67E97 #CBE67E #7EE6CD

square

#997EE6 #E67E97 #CBE67E #7EE6CD

split-complementary

#997EE6 #E6CD7E #97E67E

monochromatic

#4F26C4 #704BDC #997EE6 #C2B1F0 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#997EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#997EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE6

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE6	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C90EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8792A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.152 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa3ee',
    500: '#997ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee6;
$custom-light: #baa3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66292,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE6

secondary

#E7EFD1

accent

#CF169F

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE6

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

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