#997DA4#997DA4

#997DA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.066 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DA4
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 164)
HSL	hsl(283, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 23.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 18.13, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 24.67, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0475 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.066 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1703, 24.1203, 38.3391)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DA4 #88A47D

analogous

#867DA4 #997DA4 #A47D9C

triadic

#997DA4 #A4997D #7DA499

tetradic

#997DA4 #A4867D #88A47D #7D9CA4

square

#997DA4 #A4867D #88A47D #7D9CA4

split-complementary

#997DA4 #9CA47D #7DA486

monochromatic

#5A4562 #7B5E86 #997DA4 #B5A1BD #D1C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#997DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#997DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DA4

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DA4	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7885A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.066 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2bf',
    500: '#997da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997da4;
$custom-light: #b7a2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.077,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.06569,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DA4

secondary

#BBC6B6

accent

#BA6D83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DA4

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

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