#997EA0#997EA0

#997EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.059 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA0
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(288, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 16.73, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 21.98, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0446 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.059 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9420, 24.2325, 36.5089)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA0 #85A07E

analogous

#887EA0 #997EA0 #A07E96

triadic

#997EA0 #A0997E #7EA099

tetradic

#997EA0 #A0887E #85A07E #7E96A0

square

#997EA0 #A0887E #85A07E #7E96A0

split-complementary

#997EA0 #96A07E #7EA088

monochromatic

#59455E #7A5F81 #997EA0 #B5A1BA #D1C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#997EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#997EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA0

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA0	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.059 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3bc',
    500: '#997ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea0;
$custom-light: #b7a3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62992,
    "c": 0.05892,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA0

secondary

#B9C4B6

accent

#B8707F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA0

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

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