#997BA4#997BA4

#997BA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.069 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA4
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 164)
HSL	hsl(284, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 25%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 25%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 19.29, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 26.04, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0507 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.069 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9197, 23.6190, 38.2556)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA4 #86A47B

analogous

#857BA4 #997BA4 #A47B9B

triadic

#997BA4 #A4997B #7BA499

tetradic

#997BA4 #A4857B #86A47B #7B9BA4

square

#997BA4 #A4857B #86A47B #7B9BA4

split-complementary

#997BA4 #9BA47B #7BA485

monochromatic

#594361 #7B5C86 #997BA4 #B59FBD #D1C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#997BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#997BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA4	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)

#7684A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.069 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1bf',
    500: '#997ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba4;
$custom-light: #b7a1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.902,
    "s": 18.386,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62565,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA4

secondary

#B9C6B5

accent

#BB6D82

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA4

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

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