#997BA9#997BA9

#997BA9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.076 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BA9
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 169)
HSL	hsl(279, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 20.35, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 28.60, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0522 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.076 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3801, 23.8032, 40.6805)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BA9 #8BA97B

analogous

#827BA9 #997BA9 #A97BA2

triadic

#997BA9 #A9997B #7BA999

tetradic

#997BA9 #A9827B #8BA97B #7BA2A9

square

#997BA9 #A9827B #8BA97B #7BA2A9

split-complementary

#997BA9 #A2A97B #7BA982

monochromatic

#5A4367 #7B5B8C #997BA9 #B6A0C1 #D2C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#997BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#997BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BA9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BA9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7484AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.076 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c2',
    500: '#997ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ba9;
$custom-light: #b7a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62769,
    "c": 0.07565,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BA9

secondary

#BDC9B7

accent

#BE6A87

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BA9

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

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