#997D99#997D99

#997D99 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.053 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D99
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 153)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 15.89, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 19.30, 325.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0438 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.053 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2196, 23.7400, 33.3319)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997D99 #7D997D

analogous

#8B7D99 #997D99 #997D8B

triadic

#997D99 #99997D #7D9999

tetradic

#997D99 #998B7D #7D997D #7D8B99

square

#997D99 #998B7D #7D997D #7D8B99

split-complementary

#997D99 #8B997D #7D998B

monochromatic

#574457 #795F79 #997D99 #B49FB4 #CFC2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#997D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#997D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D99

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D99	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.053 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2b7',
    500: '#997d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d99;
$custom-light: #b7a2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.05273,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D99

secondary

#B3BFB3

accent

#B57373

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D99

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

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