#997AAA#997AAA

#997AAA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.079 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AAA
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 170)
HSL	hsl(279, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 28.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 21.14, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 29.80, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0541 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.079 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3509, 23.5940, 41.1357)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AAA #8BAA7A

analogous

#817AAA #997AAA #AA7AA3

triadic

#997AAA #AA997A #7AAA99

tetradic

#997AAA #AA817A #8BAA7A #7AA3AA

square

#997AAA #AA817A #8BAA7A #7AA3AA

split-complementary

#997AAA #A3AA7A #7AAA81

monochromatic

#5A4267 #7B5A8D #997AAA #B69FC2 #D2C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#997AAA on #FFFFFF

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On black

5.72

#997AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #997AAA

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AAA	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7384AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.079 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0c3',
    500: '#997aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aaa;
$custom-light: #b7a0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 22.018,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6262,
    "c": 0.07876,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AAA

secondary

#BDCAB6

accent

#BF6987

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AAA

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

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