#997EA6#997EA6

#997EA6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.066 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA6
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 166)
HSL	hsl(281, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 17.98, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 25.01, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.0466 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.066 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4796, 24.4476, 39.3402)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA6 #8BA67E

analogous

#857EA6 #997EA6 #A67E9F

triadic

#997EA6 #A6997E #7EA699

tetradic

#997EA6 #A6857E #8BA67E #7E9FA6

square

#997EA6 #A6857E #8BA67E #7E9FA6

split-complementary

#997EA6 #9FA67E #7EA685

monochromatic

#5A4564 #7B5E89 #997EA6 #B6A2BF #D2C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#997EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#997EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.066 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c0',
    500: '#997ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea6;
$custom-light: #b7a3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA6

secondary

#BDC8B8

accent

#BB6D86

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA6

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

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