#997EA9#997EA9

#997EA9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.070 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EA9
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(278, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 18.61, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 26.56, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0476 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.07 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7580, 24.5589, 40.8065)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EA9 #8EA97E

analogous

#837EA9 #997EA9 #A97EA4

triadic

#997EA9 #A9997E #7EA999

tetradic

#997EA9 #A9837E #8EA97E #7EA4A9

square

#997EA9 #A9837E #8EA97E #7EA4A9

split-complementary

#997EA9 #A4A97E #7EA983

monochromatic

#5B4568 #7B5E8C #997EA9 #B6A3C1 #D3C7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#997EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#997EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EA9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EA9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.070 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c2',
    500: '#997ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ea9;
$custom-light: #b7a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EA9

secondary

#BFCAB9

accent

#BD6B89

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EA9

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

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