#997D97#997D97

#997D97 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.051 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D97
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 151)
HSL	hsl(304, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 15.49, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 18.38, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0431 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.051 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0558, 23.6745, 32.4692)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D97 #7D997F

analogous

#8D7D99 #997D97 #997D89

triadic

#997D97 #97997D #7D9799

tetradic

#997D97 #998D7D #7D997F #7D8999

square

#997D97 #998D7D #7D997F #7D8999

split-complementary

#997D97 #89997D #7D998D

monochromatic

#574456 #795F78 #997D97 #B49FB2 #CFC2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#997D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#997D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D97

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D97	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.051 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2b5',
    500: '#997d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d97;
$custom-light: #b7a2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6246,
    "c": 0.05056,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D97

secondary

#B3BFB4

accent

#B57873

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D97

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

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