#997D8A#997D8A

#997D8A is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.039 H 348.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D8A
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(332, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(332, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 13.04, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 13.37, 347.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0382 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.039 348.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0576, 23.2752, 27.2124)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D8A #7D998C

analogous

#997D98 #997D8A #997E7D

triadic

#997D8A #8A997D #7D8A99

tetradic

#997D8A #98997D #7D998C #7E7D99

square

#997D8A #98997D #7D998C #7E7D99

split-complementary

#997D8A #7D997E #7D9899

monochromatic

#57444D #795F6B #997D8A #B49FA9 #CFC2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#997D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#997D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D8A

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D8A	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.039 348.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2ac',
    500: '#997d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d8a;
$custom-light: #b7a2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.143,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62012,
    "c": 0.039,
    "h": 348.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D8A

secondary

#B3BFB9

accent

#B59673

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F3F4

border

#D0CDCE

text

#110F10

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D8A

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

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