#997EAD#997EAD

#997EAD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.075 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997EAD
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 173)
HSL	hsl(274, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 19.48, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 28.66, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0488 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.075 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1392, 24.7114, 42.8144)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997EAD #92AD7E

analogous

#817EAD #997EAD #AD7EA9

triadic

#997EAD #AD997E #7EAD99

tetradic

#997EAD #AD817E #92AD7E #7EA9AD

square

#997EAD #AD817E #92AD7E #7EA9AD

split-complementary

#997EAD #A9AD7E #7EAD81

monochromatic

#5B456C #7B5C91 #997EAD #B7A3C5 #D4C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#997EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#997EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997EAD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997EAD	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7687AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.075 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c5',
    500: '#997ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997ead;
$custom-light: #b7a3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 22.275,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997EAD

secondary

#C2CDBA

accent

#BF698E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #997EAD

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

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