#997EFA#997EFA

#997EFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.178 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EFA
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 250)
HSL	hsl(253, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 38.44, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 70.12, 303.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0634 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.178 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8484, 28.5951, 93.9492)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EFA #DFFA7E

analogous

#7EA1FA #997EFA #D77EFA

triadic

#997EFA #FA997E #7EFA99

tetradic

#997EFA #FA7EA1 #DFFA7E #7EFAD7

square

#997EFA #FA7EA1 #DFFA7E #7EFAD7

split-complementary

#997EFA #FAD77E #A1FA7E

monochromatic

#3D09F4 #6A43F8 #997EFA #C8B9FC #E8E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#997EFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#997EFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EFA

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EFA	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C94FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8FF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F97B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997efa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.178 290.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997efa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.065,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67446,
    "c": 0.17776,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EFA

secondary

#EFF6D5

accent

#E600B4

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#120F18

muted

#817F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EFA

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

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