#997EE8#997EE8

#997EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.154 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE8
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 33.70, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 60.48, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0615 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.154 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1595, 27.5195, 79.7877)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE8 #CDE87E

analogous

#7E98E8 #997EE8 #CE7EE8

triadic

#997EE8 #E8997E #7EE899

tetradic

#997EE8 #E87E98 #CDE87E #7EE8CE

square

#997EE8 #E87E98 #CDE87E #7EE8CE

split-complementary

#997EE8 #E8CE7E #98E87E

monochromatic

#4D24C8 #704ADF #997EE8 #C2B2F1 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#997EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#997EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE8

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE8	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A90EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8692A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.154 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f0',
    500: '#997ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee8;
$custom-light: #baa4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE8

secondary

#E8F0D2

accent

#D214A1

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE8

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

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