#978AA2#978AA2

#978AA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.038 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AA2
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 9.54, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 14.50, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0243 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.038 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3714, 27.3650, 37.9627)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AA2 #95A28A

analogous

#8B8AA2 #978AA2 #A28AA1

triadic

#978AA2 #A2978A #8AA297

tetradic

#978AA2 #A28B8A #95A28A #8AA1A2

square

#978AA2 #A28B8A #95A28A #8AA1A2

split-complementary

#978AA2 #A1A28A #8AA28B

monochromatic

#5A4F63 #796A85 #978AA2 #B5ACBD #D4CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#978AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#978AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978AA2

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AA2	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.038 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acbd',
    500: '#978aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aa2;
$custom-light: #b5acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65285,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AA2

secondary

#C4C9BF

accent

#B47391

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AA2

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

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