#997CA4#997CA4

#997CA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.068 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CA4
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 164)
HSL	hsl(284, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 24%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 18.71, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 25.36, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0491 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.068 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0444, 23.8684, 38.2971)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CA4 #87A47C

analogous

#857CA4 #997CA4 #A47C9B

triadic

#997CA4 #A4997C #7CA499

tetradic

#997CA4 #A4857C #87A47C #7C9BA4

square

#997CA4 #A4857C #87A47C #7C9BA4

split-complementary

#997CA4 #9BA47C #7CA485

monochromatic

#5A4462 #7B5D86 #997CA4 #B5A0BD #D1C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#997CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#997CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CA4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CA4	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)

#7784A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.068 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2bf',
    500: '#997ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ca4;
$custom-light: #b7a2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.5,
    "s": 18.018,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CA4

secondary

#BAC6B6

accent

#BB6D82

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CA4

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

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