#978AAA#978AAA

#978AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.049 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AAA
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 11.24, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 18.81, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0271 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.049 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1053, 27.6586, 41.8277)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AAA #9DAA8A

analogous

#8A8DAA #978AAA #A78AAA

triadic

#978AAA #AA978A #8AAA97

tetradic

#978AAA #AA8A8D #9DAA8A #8AAAA7

square

#978AAA #AA8A8D #9DAA8A #8AAAA7

split-complementary

#978AAA #AAA78A #8DAA8A

monochromatic

#5A4E6C #78688F #978AAA #B7ADC4 #D6D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#978AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#978AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978AAA

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AAA	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.049 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc3',
    500: '#978aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aaa;
$custom-light: #b5acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.04904,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AAA

secondary

#C9CEC2

accent

#9A4B7A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AAA

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

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