#997EEB#997EEB

#997EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.158 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EEB
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 46.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 34.48, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 62.09, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0618 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.158 293)
XYZ	xyz(35.5892, 27.6914, 82.0511)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EEB #D0EB7E

analogous

#7E99EB #997EEB #CF7EEB

triadic

#997EEB #EB997E #7EEB99

tetradic

#997EEB #EB7E99 #D0EB7E #7EEBCF

square

#997EEB #EB7E99 #D0EB7E #7EEBCF

split-complementary

#997EEB #EBCF7E #99EB7E

monochromatic

#4B20CF #6F49E3 #997EEB #C3B3F3 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#997EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#997EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EEB

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EEB	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5891EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8593A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.158 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f2',
    500: '#997eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997eeb;
$custom-light: #baa4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.862,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66573,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.27692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EEB

secondary

#EAF1D4

accent

#D510A4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EEB

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

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