#997EEE#997EEE

#997EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.162 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EEE
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 47.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 35.27, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 63.70, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0622 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.162 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0263, 27.8662, 84.3530)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EEE #D3EE7E

analogous

#7E9BEE #997EEE #D17EEE

triadic

#997EEE #EE997E #7EEE99

tetradic

#997EEE #EE7E9B #D3EE7E #7EEED1

square

#997EEE #EE7E9B #D3EE7E #7EEED1

split-complementary

#997EEE #EED17E #9BEE7E

monochromatic

#491CD5 #6E48E7 #997EEE #C4B4F5 #EAE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#997EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#997EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EEE

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EEE	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5692F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8494AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.162 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f4',
    500: '#997eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997eee;
$custom-light: #baa4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.464,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66743,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EEE

secondary

#EBF2D5

accent

#D90DA8

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EEE

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

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