#997FC8#997FC8

#997FC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FC8
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 36.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 25.11, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 42.51, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0544 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.11 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1492, 26.1210, 58.0332)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FC8 #AEC87F

analogous

#7F8AC8 #997FC8 #BE7FC8

triadic

#997FC8 #C8997F #7FC899

tetradic

#997FC8 #C87F8A #AEC87F #7FC8BE

square

#997FC8 #C87F8A #AEC87F #7FC8BE

split-complementary

#997FC8 #C8BE7F #8AC87F

monochromatic

#5B3D8F #7754B6 #997FC8 #BBAADA #DDD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#997FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#997FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FC8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FC8	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a4d9',
    500: '#997fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fc8;
$custom-light: #b8a4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.37,
    "s": 39.891,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FC8

secondary

#D5DEC5

accent

#B33385

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#110F14

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FC8

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

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