#997FEB#997FEB

#997FEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.157 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FEB
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 235)
HSL	hsl(254, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 46%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 33.91, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 61.47, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0606 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.157 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7177, 27.9484, 82.0939)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FEB #D1EB7F

analogous

#7F9BEB #997FEB #CF7FEB

triadic

#997FEB #EB997F #7FEB99

tetradic

#997FEB #EB7F9B #D1EB7F #7FEBCF

square

#997FEB #EB7F9B #D1EB7F #7FEBCF

split-complementary

#997FEB #EBCF7F #9BEB7F

monochromatic

#4A20CF #6F4AE3 #997FEB #C3B4F3 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#997FEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#997FEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FEB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FEB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A92EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8594AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997feb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.157 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa4f2',
    500: '#997feb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997feb;
$custom-light: #baa4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997feb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66748,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FEB

secondary

#EAF1D5

accent

#D510A6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FEB

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

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