#997F97#997F97

#997F97 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.047 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997F97
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 151)
HSL	hsl(305, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 14.34, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 17.00, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0399 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.047 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3115, 24.1859, 32.5545)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997F97 #7F9981

analogous

#8E7F99 #997F97 #997F8A

triadic

#997F97 #97997F #7F9799

tetradic

#997F97 #998E7F #7F9981 #7F8A99

square

#997F97 #998E7F #7F9981 #7F8A99

split-complementary

#997F97 #8A997F #7F998E

monochromatic

#584656 #7A6178 #997F97 #B4A1B3 #CFC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#997F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#997F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997F97

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997F97	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.047 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4b5',
    500: '#997f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997f97;
$custom-light: #b7a4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 11.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62856,
    "c": 0.04674,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997F97

secondary

#B4BFB5

accent

#B47974

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #997F97

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

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