#997FC6#997FC6

#997FC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FC6
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 198)
HSL	hsl(262, 38%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 35.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 24.63, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 41.43, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.054 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.107 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9170, 26.0282, 56.8103)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FC6 #ACC67F

analogous

#7F88C6 #997FC6 #BC7FC6

triadic

#997FC6 #C6997F #7FC699

tetradic

#997FC6 #C67F88 #ACC67F #7FC6BC

square

#997FC6 #C67F88 #ACC67F #7FC6BC

split-complementary

#997FC6 #C6BC7F #88C67F

monochromatic

#5B3E8C #7755B3 #997FC6 #BBA9D9 #DCD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#997FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#997FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FC6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FC6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a4d7',
    500: '#997fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fc6;
$custom-light: #b8a4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 38.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FC6

secondary

#D4DDC4

accent

#B13483

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FC6

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

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