#997AA2#997AA2

#997AA2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.069 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AA2
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 162)
HSL	hsl(287, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 25%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 19.45, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 25.72, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0516 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.069 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6171, 23.3005, 37.2707)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AA2 #83A27A

analogous

#857AA2 #997AA2 #A27A97

triadic

#997AA2 #A2997A #7AA299

tetradic

#997AA2 #A2857A #83A27A #7A97A2

square

#997AA2 #A2857A #83A27A #7A97A2

split-complementary

#997AA2 #97A27A #7AA285

monochromatic

#59425F #7A5C83 #997AA2 #B59EBB #D0C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#997AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#997AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AA2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AA2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7583A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.069 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0bd',
    500: '#997aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aa2;
$custom-light: #b7a0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 17.699,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62293,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AA2

secondary

#B7C4B4

accent

#BA6D7F

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AA2

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

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