#997AB7#997AB7

#997AB7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.096 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997AB7
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 183)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 24.02, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 36.64, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0577 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.096 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6420, 24.1105, 47.9355)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997AB7 #98B77A

analogous

#7B7AB7 #997AB7 #B77AB6

triadic

#997AB7 #B7997A #7AB799

tetradic

#997AB7 #B77B7A #98B77A #7AB6B7

square

#997AB7 #B77B7A #98B77A #7AB6B7

split-complementary

#997AB7 #B6B77A #7AB77B

monochromatic

#5C4076 #7A569E #997AB7 #B7A2CC #D6C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#997AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#997AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997AB7

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997AB7	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E86B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.096 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a0cc',
    500: '#997ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ab7;
$custom-light: #b8a0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 29.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63188,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997AB7

secondary

#C6D2BB

accent

#C66293

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997AB7

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

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