#997EA8#997EA8

#997EA8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.069 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA8
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 168)
HSL	hsl(279, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 25%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 18.40, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 26.04, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0473 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.069 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6645, 24.5215, 40.3140)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA8 #8DA87E

analogous

#847EA8 #997EA8 #A87EA2

triadic

#997EA8 #A8997E #7EA899

tetradic

#997EA8 #A8847E #8DA87E #7EA2A8

square

#997EA8 #A8847E #8DA87E #7EA2A8

split-complementary

#997EA8 #A2A87E #7EA884

monochromatic

#5B4566 #7B5E8B #997EA8 #B6A3C1 #D3C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#997EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA8	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)

#7886AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.069 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c2',
    500: '#997ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea8;
$custom-light: #b7a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.06887,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA8

secondary

#BEC9B8

accent

#BC6C88

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA8

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

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