#997A97#997A97

#997A97 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.056 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997A97
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 151)
HSL	hsl(304, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(304, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 17.23, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 20.46, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0479 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.056 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6817, 22.9264, 32.3445)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997A97 #7A997C

analogous

#8C7A99 #997A97 #997A88

triadic

#997A97 #97997A #7A9799

tetradic

#997A97 #998C7A #7A997C #7A8899

square

#997A97 #998C7A #7A997C #7A8899

split-complementary

#997A97 #88997A #7A998C

monochromatic

#564255 #795D77 #997A97 #B49DB2 #CEBFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#997A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#997A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997A97

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997A97	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.056 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0b5',
    500: '#997a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997a97;
$custom-light: #b7a0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 13.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6187,
    "c": 0.05629,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997A97

secondary

#B1BEB2

accent

#B67672

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997A97

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

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