#997D9E#997D9E

#997D9E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.058 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D9E
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 21%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 16.89, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 21.68, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0455 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.058 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6412, 23.9086, 35.5525)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D9E #829E7D

analogous

#887D9E #997D9E #9E7D92

triadic

#997D9E #9E997D #7D9E99

tetradic

#997D9E #9E887D #829E7D #7D929E

square

#997D9E #9E887D #829E7D #7D929E

split-complementary

#997D9E #929E7D #7D9E88

monochromatic

#58455C #7A5F7F #997D9E #B4A0B8 #D0C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#997D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#997D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D9E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D9E	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)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.058 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2ba',
    500: '#997d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d9e;
$custom-light: #b7a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 14.537,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D9E

secondary

#B7C2B5

accent

#B7707B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D9E

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

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