#997BAE#997BAE

#997BAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.082 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997BAE
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 174)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 29%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 29.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 21.43, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 31.21, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0537 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.082 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8585, 23.9945, 43.2000)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997BAE #90AE7B

analogous

#7F7BAE #997BAE #AE7BA9

triadic

#997BAE #AE997B #7BAE99

tetradic

#997BAE #AE7F7B #90AE7B #7BA9AE

square

#997BAE #AE7F7B #90AE7B #7BA9AE

split-complementary

#997BAE #A9AE7B #7BAE7F

monochromatic

#5B426C #7B5A92 #997BAE #B6A1C5 #D4C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#997BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#997BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997BAE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997BAE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.082 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c6',
    500: '#997bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997bae;
$custom-light: #b7a1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6298,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997BAE

secondary

#C1CDB8

accent

#C0678C

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997BAE

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

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