#997BAD#997BAD

#997BAD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.081 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BAD
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 173)
HSL	hsl(276, 23%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 21.21, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 30.68, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0534 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.081 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7614, 23.9557, 42.6885)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BAD #8FAD7B

analogous

#807BAD #997BAD #AD7BA8

triadic

#997BAD #AD997B #7BAD99

tetradic

#997BAD #AD807B #8FAD7B #7BA8AD

square

#997BAD #AD807B #8FAD7B #7BA8AD

split-complementary

#997BAD #A8AD7B #7BAD80

monochromatic

#5B436B #7B5A91 #997BAD #B6A1C4 #D3C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#997BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#997BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BAD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BAD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.081 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c5',
    500: '#997bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bad;
$custom-light: #b7a1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 23.364,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.08076,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BAD

secondary

#C0CCB8

accent

#C0688B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BAD

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

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