#997BA7#997BA7

#997BA7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.073 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA7
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 167)
HSL	hsl(281, 20%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 19.92, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 27.57, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0516 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.073 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1938, 23.7287, 39.6993)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA7 #89A77B

analogous

#837BA7 #997BA7 #A77B9F

triadic

#997BA7 #A7997B #7BA799

tetradic

#997BA7 #A7837B #89A77B #7B9FA7

square

#997BA7 #A7837B #89A77B #7B9FA7

split-complementary

#997BA7 #9FA77B #7BA783

monochromatic

#5A4365 #7B5C89 #997BA7 #B5A0BF #D2C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#997BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#997BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.073 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c1',
    500: '#997ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba7;
$custom-light: #b7a1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62687,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA7

secondary

#BCC8B6

accent

#BD6B85

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA7

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

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