#997EA3#997EA3

#997EA3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.063 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA3
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 163)
HSL	hsl(284, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(284, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 17.35, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 23.48, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0456 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.063 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2076, 24.3388, 37.9078)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA3 #88A37E

analogous

#877EA3 #997EA3 #A37E9B

triadic

#997EA3 #A3997E #7EA399

tetradic

#997EA3 #A3877E #88A37E #7E9BA3

square

#997EA3 #A3877E #88A37E #7E9BA3

split-complementary

#997EA3 #9BA37E #7EA387

monochromatic

#5A4561 #7B5F85 #997EA3 #B5A2BC #D1C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#997EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#997EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.063 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3be',
    500: '#997ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea3;
$custom-light: #b7a3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 16.742,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.06258,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA3

secondary

#BBC6B7

accent

#B96E83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA3

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

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