#997DAE#997DAE

#997DAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.078 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997DAE
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 20.28, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 29.86, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0506 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.078 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1091, 24.4958, 43.2835)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997DAE #92AE7D

analogous

#807DAE #997DAE #AE7DAA

triadic

#997DAE #AE997D #7DAE99

tetradic

#997DAE #AE807D #92AE7D #7DAAAE

square

#997DAE #AE807D #92AE7D #7DAAAE

split-complementary

#997DAE #AAAE7D #7DAE80

monochromatic

#5B446D #7B5B93 #997DAE #B7A3C5 #D4C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#997DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997DAE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997DAE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7586B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.078 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c6',
    500: '#997dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997dae;
$custom-light: #b7a3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997DAE

secondary

#C2CDBA

accent

#C0688E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997DAE

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

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