#99799E#99799E

#99799E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.066 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99799E
RGB	rgb(153, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(292, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 19.20, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 24.44, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.0519 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.066 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1450, 22.9162, 35.3871)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99799E #7E9E79

analogous

#87799E #99799E #9E7991

triadic

#99799E #9E9979 #799E99

tetradic

#99799E #9E8779 #7E9E79 #79919E

square

#99799E #9E8779 #7E9E79 #79919E

split-complementary

#99799E #919E79 #799E87

monochromatic

#57425B #7A5B7E #99799E #B49DB8 #CFC0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#99799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#99799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #99799E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99799E	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7681A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.066 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0ba',
    500: '#99799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99799e;
$custom-light: #b7a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.892,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61942,
    "c": 0.06601,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99799E

secondary

#B4C1B2

accent

#B96F79

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #99799E

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

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