#997EF9#997EF9

#997EF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.176 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EF9
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 249)
HSL	hsl(253, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 49.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 38.18, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 69.59, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0633 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.176 291)
XYZ	xyz(37.6920, 28.5325, 93.1256)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EF9 #DEF97E

analogous

#7EA0F9 #997EF9 #D67EF9

triadic

#997EF9 #F9997E #7EF999

tetradic

#997EF9 #F97EA0 #DEF97E #7EF9D6

square

#997EF9 #F97EA0 #DEF97E #7EF9D6

split-complementary

#997EF9 #F9D67E #A0F97E

monochromatic

#3E0BF1 #6B44F6 #997EF9 #C7B8FC #E8E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#997EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#997EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EF9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EF9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D94FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508FF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8097B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.176 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba4fc',
    500: '#997ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ef9;
$custom-light: #bba4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 91.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67386,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.28534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EF9

secondary

#EFF6D5

accent

#E600B3

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EF9

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

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