#997B8B#997B8B

#997B8B is a mid, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.043 H 345.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B8B
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 139)
HSL	hsl(328, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(328, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 14.38, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 14.99, 343.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0419 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.043 345.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8797, 22.8030, 27.5119)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B8B #7B9989

analogous

#987B99 #997B8B #997B7C

triadic

#997B8B #8B997B #7B8B99

tetradic

#997B8B #99987B #7B9989 #7B7C99

square

#997B8B #99987B #7B9989 #7B7C99

split-complementary

#997B8B #7C997B #7B9998

monochromatic

#57434D #795E6C #997B8B #B49EA9 #CEC0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#997B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#997B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B8B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B8B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.043 345.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1ac',
    500: '#997b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b8b;
$custom-light: #b7a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61645,
    "c": 0.04334,
    "h": 345.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B8B

secondary

#B2BEB7

accent

#B69272

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110F10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B8B

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

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