#997FAA#997FAA

#997FAA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.070 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997FAA
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 170)
HSL	hsl(276, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 25.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 18.25, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 26.41, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0463 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.07 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9807, 24.8536, 41.3456)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997FAA #90AA7F

analogous

#837FAA #997FAA #AA7FA5

triadic

#997FAA #AA997F #7FAA99

tetradic

#997FAA #AA837F #90AA7F #7FA5AA

square

#997FAA #AA837F #90AA7F #7FA5AA

split-complementary

#997FAA #A5AA7F #7FAA83

monochromatic

#5B4669 #7B5E8E #997FAA #B6A4C2 #D4C9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#997FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#997FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997FAA

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997FAA	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.070 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a4c3',
    500: '#997faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997faa;
$custom-light: #b7a4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 20.188,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63582,
    "c": 0.06959,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997FAA

secondary

#C1CBBA

accent

#BD6B8B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #997FAA

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

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