#997EA5#997EA5

#997EA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.065 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA5
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(282, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 17.76, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 24.50, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0463 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.065 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3882, 24.4110, 38.8590)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA5 #8AA57E

analogous

#867EA5 #997EA5 #A57E9E

triadic

#997EA5 #A5997E #7EA599

tetradic

#997EA5 #A5867E #8AA57E #7E9EA5

square

#997EA5 #A5867E #8AA57E #7E9EA5

split-complementary

#997EA5 #9EA57E #7EA586

monochromatic

#5A4563 #7B5E87 #997EA5 #B6A2BE #D2C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#997EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.065 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3bf',
    500: '#997ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea5;
$custom-light: #b7a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63187,
    "c": 0.06507,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA5

secondary

#BCC7B7

accent

#BA6D85

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA5

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

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