#997AAE#997AAE

#997AAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.084 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AAE
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 174)
HSL	hsl(276, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 22.01, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 31.88, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0552 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.084 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7351, 23.7477, 43.1589)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AAE #8FAE7A

analogous

#7F7AAE #997AAE #AE7AA9

triadic

#997AAE #AE997A #7AAE99

tetradic

#997AAE #AE7F7A #8FAE7A #7AA9AE

square

#997AAE #AE7F7A #8FAE7A #7AA9AE

split-complementary

#997AAE #A9AE7A #7AAE7F

monochromatic

#5B426C #7B5992 #997AAE #B6A0C5 #D3C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#997AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#997AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AAE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AAE	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7184B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7886AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.084 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0c6',
    500: '#997aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aae;
$custom-light: #b7a0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 24.299,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6279,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AAE

secondary

#C0CCB8

accent

#C1678B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AAE

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

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