#997FA7#997FA7

#997FA7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.066 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FA7
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 167)
HSL	hsl(279, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 24%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 17.61, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 24.85, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0454 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.066 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7002, 24.7414, 39.8680)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997FA7 #8DA77F

analogous

#857FA7 #997FA7 #A77FA1

triadic

#997FA7 #A7997F #7FA799

tetradic

#997FA7 #A7857F #8DA77F #7FA1A7

square

#997FA7 #A7857F #8DA77F #7FA1A7

split-complementary

#997FA7 #A1A77F #7FA785

monochromatic

#5B4666 #7B5F8A #997FA7 #B6A3C0 #D3C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#997FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#997FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FA7

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FA7	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98848D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.066 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4c1',
    500: '#997fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997fa7;
$custom-light: #b7a4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63461,
    "c": 0.06574,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FA7

secondary

#BEC9B9

accent

#BB6D88

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FA7

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

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