#997FA0#997FA0

#997FA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.057 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA0
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 160)
HSL	hsl(287, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 16.15, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 21.29, 319.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0431 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.057 319)
XYZ	xyz(27.0705, 24.4895, 36.5518)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA0 #86A07F

analogous

#897FA0 #997FA0 #A07F97

triadic

#997FA0 #A0997F #7FA099

tetradic

#997FA0 #A0897F #86A07F #7F97A0

square

#997FA0 #A0897F #86A07F #7F97A0

split-complementary

#997FA0 #97A07F #7FA089

monochromatic

#59465E #7B6082 #997FA0 #B5A2BA #D1C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#997FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#997FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA0	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)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.057 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4bc',
    500: '#997fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa0;
$custom-light: #b7a4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 14.798,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63188,
    "c": 0.05703,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.24489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA0

secondary

#B9C4B7

accent

#B8707F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA0

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

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