#997FA4#997FA4

#997FA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.062 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA4
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 164)
HSL	hsl(282, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 16.98, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 23.30, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0444 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.062 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4261, 24.6318, 38.4244)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA4 #8AA47F

analogous

#877FA4 #997FA4 #A47F9D

triadic

#997FA4 #A4997F #7FA499

tetradic

#997FA4 #A4877F #8AA47F #7F9DA4

square

#997FA4 #A4877F #8AA47F #7F9DA4

split-complementary

#997FA4 #9DA47F #7FA487

monochromatic

#5A4663 #7B5F86 #997FA4 #B6A3BD #D2C7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#997FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#997FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.062 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4bf',
    500: '#997fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa4;
$custom-light: #b7a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 16.895,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.06196,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA4

secondary

#BCC7B8

accent

#BA6E85

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA4

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

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