#997CA5#997CA5

#997CA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.069 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CA5
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 165)
HSL	hsl(282, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 18.92, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 25.87, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0494 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.069 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1350, 23.9046, 38.7746)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CA5 #88A57C

analogous

#857CA5 #997CA5 #A57C9D

triadic

#997CA5 #A5997C #7CA599

tetradic

#997CA5 #A5857C #88A57C #7C9DA5

square

#997CA5 #A5857C #88A57C #7C9DA5

split-complementary

#997CA5 #9DA57C #7CA585

monochromatic

#5A4463 #7B5D87 #997CA5 #B5A0BE #D1C5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#997CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#997CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CA5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CA5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.069 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2bf',
    500: '#997ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ca5;
$custom-light: #b7a2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 18.552,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CA5

secondary

#BBC7B6

accent

#BB6D84

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CA5

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

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