#997EF8#997EF8

#997EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.175 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EF8
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 248)
HSL	hsl(253, 90%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 49.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 37.91, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 69.05, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0632 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.175 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5364, 28.4703, 92.3063)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EF8 #DDF87E

analogous

#7EA0F8 #997EF8 #D67EF8

triadic

#997EF8 #F8997E #7EF899

tetradic

#997EF8 #F87EA0 #DDF87E #7EF8D6

square

#997EF8 #F87EA0 #DDF87E #7EF8D6

split-complementary

#997EF8 #F8D67E #A0F87E

monochromatic

#3F0DEF #6B44F5 #997EF8 #C7B8FB #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#997EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#997EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EF8

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EF8	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E93FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518FF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8097AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.175 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba4fb',
    500: '#997ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ef8;
$custom-light: #bba4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 89.706,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EF8

secondary

#EEF6D5

accent

#E600B3

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EF8

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

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