#997CA7#997CA7

#997CA7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.071 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997CA7
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 167)
HSL	hsl(280, 20%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 19.34, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 26.89, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.05 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.071 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3185, 23.9780, 39.7408)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997CA7 #8AA77C

analogous

#847CA7 #997CA7 #A77CA0

triadic

#997CA7 #A7997C #7CA799

tetradic

#997CA7 #A7847C #8AA77C #7CA0A7

square

#997CA7 #A7847C #8AA77C #7CA0A7

split-complementary

#997CA7 #A0A77C #7CA784

monochromatic

#5A4465 #7B5C89 #997CA7 #B6A1C0 #D2C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#997CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#997CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997CA7

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997CA7	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)

#7685A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98818B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.071 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2c1',
    500: '#997ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ca7;
$custom-light: #b7a2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 19.635,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62879,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997CA7

secondary

#BCC8B7

accent

#BC6C86

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997CA7

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

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