#997BA6#997BA6

#997BA6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.072 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA6
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 166)
HSL	hsl(282, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 19.71, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 27.06, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0513 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.072 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1017, 23.6918, 39.2143)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA6 #88A67B

analogous

#847BA6 #997BA6 #A67B9E

triadic

#997BA6 #A6997B #7BA699

tetradic

#997BA6 #A6847B #88A67B #7B9EA6

square

#997BA6 #A6847B #88A67B #7B9EA6

split-complementary

#997BA6 #9EA67B #7BA684

monochromatic

#5A4364 #7B5C88 #997BA6 #B5A0BF #D1C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#997BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#997BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA6	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.072 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c0',
    500: '#997ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba6;
$custom-light: #b7a1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 19.457,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62646,
    "c": 0.07189,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA6

secondary

#BBC7B6

accent

#BC6C84

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA6

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

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