#978396#978396

#978396 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.036 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978396
RGB	rgb(151, 131, 150)
HSL	hsl(303, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 11.12, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 13.33, 326.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.0308 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.036 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3831, 25.0143, 32.2866)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978396 #839784

analogous

#8E8397 #978396 #97838C

triadic

#978396 #969783 #839697

tetradic

#978396 #978E83 #839784 #838C97

square

#978396 #978E83 #839784 #838C97

split-complementary

#978396 #8C9783 #83978E

monochromatic

#574956 #786577 #978396 #B3A4B2 #CFC6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#978396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#978396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978396

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978396	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 131, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.036 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7b4',
    500: '#978396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978396;
$custom-light: #b5a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63433,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978396

secondary

#B7BFB7

accent

#B27976

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978396

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