#997BA5#997BA5

#997BA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.071 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA5
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 165)
HSL	hsl(283, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(283, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 19.50, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 26.55, 317.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.051 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.071 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0103, 23.6553, 38.7330)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA5 #87A57B

analogous

#847BA5 #997BA5 #A57B9C

triadic

#997BA5 #A5997B #7BA599

tetradic

#997BA5 #A5847B #87A57B #7B9CA5

square

#997BA5 #A5847B #87A57B #7B9CA5

split-complementary

#997BA5 #9CA57B #7BA584

monochromatic

#5A4362 #7B5C87 #997BA5 #B59FBE #D1C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#997BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#997BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA5	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.071 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1bf',
    500: '#997ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba5;
$custom-light: #b7a1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.07065,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA5

secondary

#BAC7B5

accent

#BC6C83

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA5

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

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