#997BA8#997BA8

#997BA8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.074 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA8
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 168)
HSL	hsl(280, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 20.13, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 28.08, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0519 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.074 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2866, 23.7658, 40.1880)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA8 #8AA87B

analogous

#837BA8 #997BA8 #A87BA1

triadic

#997BA8 #A8997B #7BA899

tetradic

#997BA8 #A8837B #8AA87B #7BA1A8

square

#997BA8 #A8837B #8AA87B #7BA1A8

split-complementary

#997BA8 #A1A87B #7BA883

monochromatic

#5A4366 #7B5B8B #997BA8 #B6A0C0 #D2C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#997BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#997BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA8	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)

#7584AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.074 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c2',
    500: '#997ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba8;
$custom-light: #b7a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 20.548,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62728,
    "c": 0.0744,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA8

secondary

#BCC9B6

accent

#BD6B86

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA8

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

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