#997FA2#997FA2

#997FA2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.059 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA2
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 162)
HSL	hsl(285, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 16.56, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 22.29, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0437 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.059 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2469, 24.5601, 37.4806)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA2 #88A27F

analogous

#887FA2 #997FA2 #A27F9A

triadic

#997FA2 #A2997F #7FA299

tetradic

#997FA2 #A2887F #88A27F #7F9AA2

square

#997FA2 #A2887F #88A27F #7F9AA2

split-complementary

#997FA2 #9AA27F #7FA288

monochromatic

#5A4660 #7B6084 #997FA2 #B5A2BC #D1C6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#997FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#997FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA2	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)

#7B86A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.059 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4bd',
    500: '#997fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa2;
$custom-light: #b7a4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 15.837,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63265,
    "c": 0.05948,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA2

secondary

#BBC6B7

accent

#B96F82

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA2

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

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