#978ABA#978ABA

#978ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.072 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ABA
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 14.83, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 27.61, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0323 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.072 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7120, 28.3013, 50.2895)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ABA #ADBA8A

analogous

#8A95BA #978ABA #AF8ABA

triadic

#978ABA #BA978A #8ABA97

tetradic

#978ABA #BA8A95 #ADBA8A #8ABAAF

square

#978ABA #BA8A95 #ADBA8A #8ABAAF

split-complementary

#978ABA #BAAF8A #95BA8A

monochromatic

#594B7F #7564A3 #978ABA #B9B0D1 #DBD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#978ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978ABA

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ABA	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.072 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6accf',
    500: '#978aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aba;
$custom-light: #b6accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66224,
    "c": 0.07158,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ABA

secondary

#D4D8C7

accent

#A44189

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ABA

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

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