#997ABA#997ABA

#997ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997ABA
RGB	rgb(153, 122, 186)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 34.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 24.70, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 38.24, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0584 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.1 306)
XYZ	xyz(28.9576, 24.2367, 49.5975)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997ABA #9BBA7A

analogous

#7A7BBA #997ABA #B97ABA

triadic

#997ABA #BA997A #7ABA99

tetradic

#997ABA #BA7A7B #9BBA7A #7ABAB9

square

#997ABA #BA7A7B #9BBA7A #7ABAB9

split-complementary

#997ABA #BAB97A #7BBA7A

monochromatic

#5C3F7A #7A54A2 #997ABA #B8A2CF #D7CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#997ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#997ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997ABA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997ABA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D86BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 122, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a0cf',
    500: '#997aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997aba;
$custom-light: #b8a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 31.683,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63325,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.24237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997ABA

secondary

#C8D4BC

accent

#AA3B74

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997ABA

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

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