#978ABC#978ABC

#978ABC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.074 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ABC
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 15.29, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 28.71, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0329 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.074 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9261, 28.3869, 51.4171)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ABC #AFBC8A

analogous

#8A96BC #978ABC #B08ABC

triadic

#978ABC #BC978A #8ABC97

tetradic

#978ABC #BC8A96 #AFBC8A #8ABCB0

square

#978ABC #BC8A96 #AFBC8A #8ABCB0

split-complementary

#978ABC #BCB08A #96BC8A

monochromatic

#594A81 #7463A6 #978ABC #BAB1D2 #DCD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#978ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#978ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978ABC

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ABC	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F91BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.074 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd0',
    500: '#978abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978abc;
$custom-light: #b6acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66308,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ABC

secondary

#D5DAC8

accent

#A6408B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ABC

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

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