#997BA0#997BA0

#997BA0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.065 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA0
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 23%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 18.46, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 24.04, 320.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0494 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.065 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5641, 23.4768, 36.3830)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA0 #82A07B

analogous

#867BA0 #997BA0 #A07B94

triadic

#997BA0 #A0997B #7BA099

tetradic

#997BA0 #A0867B #82A07B #7B94A0

square

#997BA0 #A0867B #82A07B #7B94A0

split-complementary

#997BA0 #94A07B #7BA086

monochromatic

#58435D #7A5D81 #997BA0 #B49FBA #D0C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#997BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#997BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA0

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA0	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7783A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.065 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1bc',
    500: '#997ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba0;
$custom-light: #b7a1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 16.3,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA0

secondary

#B7C3B4

accent

#B96F7D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA0

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

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