#978AA9#978AA9

#978AA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.048 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AA9
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 11.03, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 18.27, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0268 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.048 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0111, 27.6209, 41.3314)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AA9 #9CA98A

analogous

#8A8CA9 #978AA9 #A68AA9

triadic

#978AA9 #A9978A #8AA997

tetradic

#978AA9 #A98A8C #9CA98A #8AA9A6

square

#978AA9 #A98A8C #9CA98A #8AA9A6

split-complementary

#978AA9 #A9A68A #8CA98A

monochromatic

#5A4E6A #78688E #978AA9 #B6ADC3 #D6D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#978AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#978AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978AA9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AA9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.048 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc2',
    500: '#978aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aa9;
$custom-light: #b5acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 15.271,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65544,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AA9

secondary

#C8CDC1

accent

#994C79

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AA9

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

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