#997BA1#997BA1

#997BA1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.066 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA1
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 161)
HSL	hsl(287, 17%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 24%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 23.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 18.66, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 24.54, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0497 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.066 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6519, 23.5119, 36.8456)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA1 #83A17B

analogous

#867BA1 #997BA1 #A17B96

triadic

#997BA1 #A1997B #7BA199

tetradic

#997BA1 #A1867B #83A17B #7B96A1

square

#997BA1 #A1867B #83A17B #7B96A1

split-complementary

#997BA1 #96A17B #7BA186

monochromatic

#59435E #7A5D82 #997BA1 #B59FBA #D0C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#997BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#997BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA1

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA1	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#7783A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.066 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1bc',
    500: '#997ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba1;
$custom-light: #b7a1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 16.814,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.06578,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA1

secondary

#B7C4B4

accent

#BA6E7E

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA1

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

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