#997EA7#997EA7

#997EA7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.068 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA7
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 167)
HSL	hsl(280, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 18.19, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 25.53, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0469 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.068 314)
XYZ	xyz(27.5717, 24.4844, 39.8252)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA7 #8CA77E

analogous

#847EA7 #997EA7 #A77EA1

triadic

#997EA7 #A7997E #7EA799

tetradic

#997EA7 #A7847E #8CA77E #7EA1A7

square

#997EA7 #A7847E #8CA77E #7EA1A7

split-complementary

#997EA7 #A1A77E #7EA784

monochromatic

#5A4565 #7B5E8A #997EA7 #B6A2C0 #D3C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#997EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA7

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA7	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.068 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c1',
    500: '#997ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea7;
$custom-light: #b7a3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 18.894,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63267,
    "c": 0.06759,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.24484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA7

secondary

#BEC9B8

accent

#BC6C87

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA7

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

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