#997FC3#997FC3

#997FC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.103 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FC3
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 195)
HSL	hsl(263, 36%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 23.91, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 39.80, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0533 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.103 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5744, 25.8911, 55.0059)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FC3 #A9C37F

analogous

#7F87C3 #997FC3 #BB7FC3

triadic

#997FC3 #C3997F #7FC399

tetradic

#997FC3 #C37F87 #A9C37F #7FC3BB

square

#997FC3 #C37F87 #A9C37F #7FC3BB

split-complementary

#997FC3 #C3BB7F #87C37F

monochromatic

#5B4088 #7855AF #997FC3 #BAA9D7 #DBD2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#997FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#997FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FC3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FC3	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.103 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a4d5',
    500: '#997fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fc3;
$custom-light: #b8a4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64679,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FC3

secondary

#D2DBC3

accent

#AF3681

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FC3

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

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