#997C8B#997C8B

#997C8B is a mid, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.042 H 345.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C8B
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 139)
HSL	hsl(329, 12%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(329, 19%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 13.80, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 14.33, 344.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0403 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.042 345.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0044, 23.0524, 27.5535)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C8B #7C998A

analogous

#997C99 #997C8B #997C7D

triadic

#997C8B #8B997C #7C8B99

tetradic

#997C8B #99997C #7C998A #7C7D99

square

#997C8B #99997C #7C998A #7C7D99

split-complementary

#997C8B #7D997C #7C9999

monochromatic

#57444E #795E6C #997C8B #B49EA9 #CFC1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#997C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#997C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C8B

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C8B	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E818C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.042 345.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2ac',
    500: '#997c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c8b;
$custom-light: #b7a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.966,
    "s": 12.446,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61844,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 345.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C8B

secondary

#B2BFB8

accent

#B59372

background

#FBF9FA

surface

#F6F2F4

border

#D0CCCE

text

#110F10

muted

#807E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C8B

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

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