#997EA4#997EA4

#997EA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.064 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA4
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(283, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 17.55, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 23.99, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.046 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.064 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2975, 24.3747, 38.3815)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA4 #89A47E

analogous

#867EA4 #997EA4 #A47E9C

triadic

#997EA4 #A4997E #7EA499

tetradic

#997EA4 #A4867E #89A47E #7E9CA4

square

#997EA4 #A4867E #89A47E #7E9CA4

split-complementary

#997EA4 #9CA47E #7EA486

monochromatic

#5A4562 #7B5F86 #997EA4 #B5A2BD #D2C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#997EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA4	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	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)

#7986A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.064 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3bf',
    500: '#997ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea4;
$custom-light: #b7a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.632,
    "s": 17.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63147,
    "c": 0.06382,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA4

secondary

#BCC7B7

accent

#BA6E84

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA4

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

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