#978ABB#978ABB

#978ABB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.073 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ABB
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 15.06, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 28.16, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0326 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.073 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8186, 28.3439, 50.8514)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ABB #AEBB8A

analogous

#8A95BB #978ABB #AF8ABB

triadic

#978ABB #BB978A #8ABB97

tetradic

#978ABB #BB8A95 #AEBB8A #8ABBAF

square

#978ABB #BB8A95 #AEBB8A #8ABBAF

split-complementary

#978ABB #BBAF8A #95BB8A

monochromatic

#594A80 #7563A5 #978ABB #B9B1D1 #DCD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#978ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978ABB

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ABB	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F91BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.073 296.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.07299,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ABB

secondary

#D4D9C8

accent

#A5408A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ABB

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

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