#997E8A#997E8A

#997E8A is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.037 H 349.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E8A
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(333, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(333, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 12.47, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 12.73, 348.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0366 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.037 349.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1849, 23.5297, 27.2548)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E8A #7E998D

analogous

#997E98 #997E8A #99807E

triadic

#997E8A #8A997E #7E8A99

tetradic

#997E8A #98997E #7E998D #807E99

square

#997E8A #98997E #7E998D #807E99

split-complementary

#997E8A #7E9980 #7E9899

monochromatic

#57454D #7A606B #997E8A #B4A0A9 #CFC2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#997E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#997E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E8A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E8A	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.037 349.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3ac',
    500: '#997e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e8a;
$custom-light: #b7a3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.333,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62212,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 349.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E8A

secondary

#B4BFBA

accent

#B59873

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F3F4

border

#D0CDCE

text

#110F10

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E8A

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

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