#997BAA#997BAA

#997BAA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.077 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BAA
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 170)
HSL	hsl(278, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 27.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 20.56, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 29.12, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0525 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.077 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4743, 23.8409, 41.1768)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BAA #8CAA7B

analogous

#827BAA #997BAA #AA7BA3

triadic

#997BAA #AA997B #7BAA99

tetradic

#997BAA #AA827B #8CAA7B #7BA3AA

square

#997BAA #AA827B #8CAA7B #7BA3AA

split-complementary

#997BAA #A3AA7B #7BAA82

monochromatic

#5A4368 #7B5B8D #997BAA #B6A0C2 #D3C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#997BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#997BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BAA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BAA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7484AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.077 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c3',
    500: '#997baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997baa;
$custom-light: #b7a1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62811,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BAA

secondary

#BECAB7

accent

#BE6A88

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BAA

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

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