#997FF8#997FF8

#997FF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.174 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FF8
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 248)
HSL	hsl(253, 90%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 49%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 48.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 37.34, -57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 68.44, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.062 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.174 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6649, 28.7273, 92.3492)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FF8 #DEF87F

analogous

#7FA1F8 #997FF8 #D67FF8

triadic

#997FF8 #F8997F #7FF899

tetradic

#997FF8 #F87FA1 #DEF87F #7FF8D6

square

#997FF8 #F87FA1 #DEF87F #7FF8D6

split-complementary

#997FF8 #F8D67F #A1F87F

monochromatic

#3E0DF0 #6B45F5 #997FF8 #C7B9FB #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#997FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#997FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FF8

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FF8	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5094FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538FF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8097B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.174 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba4fb',
    500: '#997ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ff8;
$custom-light: #bba4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.893,
    "s": 89.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FF8

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E600B4

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F7F4FF

border

#D0CED7

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FF8

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

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