#997DAD#997DAD

#997DAD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.077 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DAD
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 173)
HSL	hsl(275, 23%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 20.06, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 29.33, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0503 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.077 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0120, 24.4570, 42.7720)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DAD #91AD7D

analogous

#817DAD #997DAD #AD7DA9

triadic

#997DAD #AD997D #7DAD99

tetradic

#997DAD #AD817D #91AD7D #7DA9AD

square

#997DAD #AD817D #91AD7D #7DA9AD

split-complementary

#997DAD #A9AD7D #7DAD81

monochromatic

#5B446C #7B5C91 #997DAD #B6A3C5 #D4C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#997DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DAD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DAD	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7586AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.077 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c5',
    500: '#997dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dad;
$custom-light: #b7a3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 22.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DAD

secondary

#C1CCB9

accent

#BF698D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DAD

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

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