#997EEA#997EEA

#997EEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.157 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EEA
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 234)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 34.22, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 61.56, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0617 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.157 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4452, 27.6338, 81.2923)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EEA #CFEA7E

analogous

#7E99EA #997EEA #CF7EEA

triadic

#997EEA #EA997E #7EEA99

tetradic

#997EEA #EA7E99 #CFEA7E #7EEACF

square

#997EEA #EA7E99 #CFEA7E #7EEACF

split-complementary

#997EEA #EACF7E #99EA7E

monochromatic

#4C21CC #6F49E1 #997EEA #C3B3F3 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#997EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#997EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EEA

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EEA	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5991EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8693A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.157 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f1',
    500: '#997eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997eea;
$custom-light: #baa4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66516,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EEA

secondary

#E9F1D3

accent

#D411A3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EEA

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

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