#978ABE#978ABE

#978ABE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.077 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ABE
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 15.76, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 29.82, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0335 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.077 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1432, 28.4737, 52.5605)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ABE #B1BE8A

analogous

#8A97BE #978ABE #B18ABE

triadic

#978ABE #BE978A #8ABE97

tetradic

#978ABE #BE8A97 #B1BE8A #8ABEB1

square

#978ABE #BE8A97 #B1BE8A #8ABEB1

split-complementary

#978ABE #BEB18A #97BE8A

monochromatic

#584984 #7463A8 #978ABE #BAB1D4 #DDD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#978ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#978ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978ABE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ABE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E92C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.077 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd1',
    500: '#978abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978abe;
$custom-light: #b6acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66394,
    "c": 0.07726,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ABE

secondary

#D6DBC9

accent

#A73E8D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ABE

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

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