#978ACE#978ACE

#978ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ACE
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 19.62, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 38.67, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0379 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.1 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9888, 29.2120, 62.2810)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ACE #C1CE8A

analogous

#8A9FCE #978ACE #B98ACE

triadic

#978ACE #CE978A #8ACE97

tetradic

#978ACE #CE8A9F #C1CE8A #8ACEB9

square

#978ACE #CE8A9F #C1CE8A #8ACEB9

split-complementary

#978ACE #CEB98A #9FCE8A

monochromatic

#53419C #715FBC #978ACE #BDB5E0 #E4E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#978ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#978ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978ACE

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ACE	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7894D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B96A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acdd',
    500: '#978ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ace;
$custom-light: #b7acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.471,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67112,
    "c": 0.09993,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ACE

secondary

#E0E5CF

accent

#B4319B

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ACE

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

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