#997FDB#997FDB

#997FDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.135 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FDB
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 219)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 42%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 29.80, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 52.83, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0582 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.135 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5093, 27.0651, 70.4627)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FDB #C1DB7F

analogous

#7F93DB #997FDB #C77FDB

triadic

#997FDB #DB997F #7FDB99

tetradic

#997FDB #DB7F93 #C1DB7F #7FDBC7

square

#997FDB #DB7F93 #C1DB7F #7FDBC7

split-complementary

#997FDB #DBC77F #93DB7F

monochromatic

#5531AF #734FCE #997FDB #BFAFE8 #E5DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#997FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#997FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FDB

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FDB	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B90A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.135 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a4e6',
    500: '#997fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fdb;
$custom-light: #b9a4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FDB

secondary

#E1E9CD

accent

#C42296

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FDB

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

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