#978AEF#978AEF

#978AEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.146 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AEF
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(248, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 28.13, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 56.75, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0447 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.146 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4267, 30.9871, 85.6538)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AEF #E2EF8A

analogous

#8AB0EF #978AEF #CA8AEF

triadic

#978AEF #EF978A #8AEF97

tetradic

#978AEF #EF8AB0 #E2EF8A #8AEFCA

square

#978AEF #EF8AB0 #E2EF8A #8AEFCA

split-complementary

#978AEF #EFCA8A #B0EF8A

monochromatic

#381FE0 #6754E8 #978AEF #C7C0F6 #E7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#978AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#978AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978AEF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AEF	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#689AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6795ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809EB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.146 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acf5',
    500: '#978aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aef;
$custom-light: #b9acf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.723,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68779,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AEF

secondary

#F0F3D8

accent

#D80DBE

background

#FBFAFF

surface

#F6F4FE

border

#D0CED6

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AEF

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

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