#977AAA#977AAA

#977AAA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.078 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977AAA
RGB	rgb(151, 122, 170)
HSL	hsl(276, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 28.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 20.47, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 29.55, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0517 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.078 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9765, 23.4010, 41.1181)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977AAA #8DAA7A

analogous

#7F7AAA #977AAA #AA7AA5

triadic

#977AAA #AA977A #7AAA97

tetradic

#977AAA #AA7F7A #8DAA7A #7AA5AA

square

#977AAA #AA7F7A #8DAA7A #7AA5AA

split-complementary

#977AAA #A5AA7A #7AAA7F

monochromatic

#594267 #795A8D #977AAA #B49FC2 #D1C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#977AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#977AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977AAA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977AAA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 122, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.078 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a0c3',
    500: '#977aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977aaa;
$custom-light: #b6a0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 22.018,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62424,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977AAA

secondary

#BECAB6

accent

#BF698B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #977AAA

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

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