#997EE7#997EE7

#997EE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.153 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE7
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 231)
HSL	hsl(255, 69%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 33.44, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 59.94, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0613 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.153 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0178, 27.4629, 79.0417)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE7 #CCE77E

analogous

#7E97E7 #997EE7 #CE7EE7

triadic

#997EE7 #E7997E #7EE799

tetradic

#997EE7 #E77E97 #CCE77E #7EE7CE

square

#997EE7 #E77E97 #CCE77E #7EE7CE

split-complementary

#997EE7 #E7CE7E #97E77E

monochromatic

#4E25C6 #704ADD #997EE7 #C2B2F1 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#997EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#997EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE7

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE7	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B90EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8792A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.153 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4ef',
    500: '#997ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee7;
$custom-light: #baa4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE7

secondary

#E8EFD2

accent

#D115A0

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE7

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

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