#9997FF#9997FF

#9997FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.149 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9997FF
RGB	rgb(153, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(241, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(241, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 25.49, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.49, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0332 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.149 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2483, 36.1239, 99.3349)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9997FF #FDFF97

analogous

#97C9FF #9997FF #CD97FF

triadic

#9997FF #FF9997 #97FF99

tetradic

#9997FF #FF97C9 #FDFF97 #97FFCD

square

#9997FF #FF97C9 #FDFF97 #97FFCD

split-complementary

#9997FF #FFCD97 #C9FF97

monochromatic

#211DFF #5D5AFF #9997FF #D5D4FF #E1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9997FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9997FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9997FF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9997FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9997FF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E9FFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9997ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.149 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb5ff',
    500: '#9997ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9997ff;
$custom-light: #bbb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9997ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9997FF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E600E1

background

#FBFBFF

surface

#F7F6FF

border

#D0D0D7

text

#121118

muted

#818086

Preview Lab

Preview with #9997FF

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

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