#997BA3#997BA3

#997BA3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.068 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA3
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 163)
HSL	hsl(285, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 25%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 19.08, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 25.54, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0503 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.068 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8297, 23.5830, 37.7818)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA3 #85A37B

analogous

#857BA3 #997BA3 #A37B99

triadic

#997BA3 #A3997B #7BA399

tetradic

#997BA3 #A3857B #85A37B #7B99A3

square

#997BA3 #A3857B #85A37B #7B99A3

split-complementary

#997BA3 #99A37B #7BA385

monochromatic

#594360 #7A5C84 #997BA3 #B59FBC #D1C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#997BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#997BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA3	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7683A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.068 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1be',
    500: '#997ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba3;
$custom-light: #b7a1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62525,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA3

secondary

#B9C5B5

accent

#BB6D81

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA3

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

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