#997FA5#997FA5

#997FA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.063 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA5
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 165)
HSL	hsl(281, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 23%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 17.19, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 23.82, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0447 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.063 315)
XYZ	xyz(27.5167, 24.6680, 38.9018)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA5 #8BA57F

analogous

#867FA5 #997FA5 #A57F9E

triadic

#997FA5 #A5997F #7FA599

tetradic

#997FA5 #A5867F #8BA57F #7F9EA5

square

#997FA5 #A5867F #8BA57F #7F9EA5

split-complementary

#997FA5 #9EA57F #7FA586

monochromatic

#5A4664 #7B5F88 #997FA5 #B6A3BE #D2C7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#997FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#997FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA5	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)

#7A87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.063 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4bf',
    500: '#997fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa5;
$custom-light: #b7a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 17.431,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63382,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.24668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA5

secondary

#BDC8B8

accent

#BA6E86

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA5

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

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