#997997#997997

#997997 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.058 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997997
RGB	rgb(153, 121, 151)
HSL	hsl(304, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 17.80, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 21.15, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.0495 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.058 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5596, 22.6820, 32.3038)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997997 #79997B

analogous

#8B7999 #997997 #997987

triadic

#997997 #979979 #799799

tetradic

#997997 #998B79 #79997B #798799

square

#997997 #998B79 #79997B #798799

split-complementary

#997997 #879979 #79998B

monochromatic

#564255 #795C77 #997997 #B39CB2 #CEBECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#997997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#997997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997997

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997997	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 121, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.058 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0b5',
    500: '#997997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997997;
$custom-light: #b7a0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61675,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997997

secondary

#B0BEB1

accent

#B67671

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997997

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

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