#978799#978799

#978799 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.032 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978799
RGB	rgb(151, 135, 153)
HSL	hsl(293, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 9.42, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 11.97, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0256 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.032 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1754, 26.2075, 33.7578)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978799 #899987

analogous

#8E8799 #978799 #998792

triadic

#978799 #999787 #879997

tetradic

#978799 #998E87 #899987 #879299

square

#978799 #998E87 #899987 #879299

split-complementary

#978799 #929987 #87998E

monochromatic

#584C5A #79687B #978799 #B4A8B5 #D0C9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#978799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978799

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978799	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 135, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.032 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aab7',
    500: '#978799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978799;
$custom-light: #b5aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.03228,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978799

secondary

#BBC2BA

accent

#B1777D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978799

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

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