#997DAC#997DAC

#997DAC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.076 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DAC
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 172)
HSL	hsl(276, 22%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 27.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 19.84, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 28.81, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.05 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.076 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9156, 24.4184, 42.2643)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DAC #90AC7D

analogous

#817DAC #997DAC #AC7DA7

triadic

#997DAC #AC997D #7DAC99

tetradic

#997DAC #AC817D #90AC7D #7DA7AC

square

#997DAC #AC817D #90AC7D #7DA7AC

split-complementary

#997DAC #A7AC7D #7DAC81

monochromatic

#5B446B #7B5C90 #997DAC #B6A2C4 #D4C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#997DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DAC

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DAC	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7686AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.076 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2c4',
    500: '#997dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dac;
$custom-light: #b7a2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 22.066,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DAC

secondary

#C1CCB9

accent

#BF698C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DAC

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

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