#978397#978397

#978397 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.038 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978397
RGB	rgb(151, 131, 151)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 11.32, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 13.79, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0312 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.038 326)
XYZ	xyz(26.4640, 25.0467, 32.7125)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978397 #839783

analogous

#8D8397 #978397 #97838D

triadic

#978397 #979783 #839797

tetradic

#978397 #978D83 #839783 #838D97

square

#978397 #978D83 #839783 #838D97

split-complementary

#978397 #8D9783 #83978D

monochromatic

#574957 #786578 #978397 #B3A4B3 #CFC6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#978397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978397

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978397	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 131, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.038 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7b5',
    500: '#978397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978397;
$custom-light: #b5a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63468,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.25046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978397

secondary

#B7BFB7

accent

#B27676

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978397

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