#978AEB#978AEB

#978AEB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.140 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AEB
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(248, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 27.07, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 54.57, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% 0.044 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.14 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8423, 30.7534, 82.5760)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AEB #DEEB8A

analogous

#8AADEB #978AEB #C78AEB

triadic

#978AEB #EB978A #8AEB97

tetradic

#978AEB #EB8AAD #DEEB8A #8AEBC7

square

#978AEB #EB8AAD #DEEB8A #8AEBC7

split-complementary

#978AEB #EBC78A #ADEB8A

monochromatic

#3C25D6 #6956E2 #978AEB #C5BEF4 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#978AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#978AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978AEB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AEB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A99EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A94E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819DAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.140 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acf2',
    500: '#978aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aeb;
$custom-light: #b8acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.041,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68564,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AEB

secondary

#EFF2D9

accent

#D313B9

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AEB

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

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