#997EE9#997EE9

#997EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.156 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EE9
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 45.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 33.96, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 61.02, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0616 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.156 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3019, 27.5765, 80.5379)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EE9 #CEE97E

analogous

#7E98E9 #997EE9 #CE7EE9

triadic

#997EE9 #E9997E #7EE999

tetradic

#997EE9 #E97E98 #CEE97E #7EE9CE

square

#997EE9 #E97E98 #CEE97E #7EE9CE

split-complementary

#997EE9 #E9CE7E #98E97E

monochromatic

#4D22CA #704AE0 #997EE9 #C2B2F2 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#997EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#997EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EE9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EE9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A91ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8692A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.156 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f0',
    500: '#997ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ee9;
$custom-light: #baa4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EE9

secondary

#E9F0D3

accent

#D313A2

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EE9

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

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