#9D97DD#9D97DD

#9D97DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D97DD
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(245, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(245, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 17.65, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 39.01, 296.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0304 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.101 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0190, 34.5209, 73.0527)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D97DD #D7DD97

analogous

#97B4DD #9D97DD #C097DD

triadic

#9D97DD #DD9D97 #97DD9D

tetradic

#9D97DD #DD97B4 #D7DD97 #97DDC0

square

#9D97DD #DD97B4 #D7DD97 #97DDC0

split-complementary

#9D97DD #DDC097 #B4DD97

monochromatic

#483DBC #7269CE #9D97DD #C8C5EC #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9D97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#9D97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D97DD

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D97DD	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb5e8',
    500: '#9d97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d97dd;
$custom-light: #bbb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.143,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70825,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D97DD

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#BE27B1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D97DD

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

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