#997FA3#997FA3

#997FA3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.061 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA3
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 163)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 16.77, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 22.80, 317.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0441 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.061 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3361, 24.5958, 37.9506)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA3 #89A37F

analogous

#877FA3 #997FA3 #A37F9B

triadic

#997FA3 #A3997F #7FA399

tetradic

#997FA3 #A3877F #89A37F #7F9BA3

square

#997FA3 #A3877F #89A37F #7F9BA3

split-complementary

#997FA3 #9BA37F #7FA387

monochromatic

#5A4662 #7B6085 #997FA3 #B5A3BD #D2C6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#997FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#997FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA3	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.061 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4be',
    500: '#997fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa3;
$custom-light: #b7a4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63304,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA3

secondary

#BCC6B8

accent

#B96F83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA3

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

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