#978BA2#978BA2

#978BA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.036 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BA2
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(271, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 8.97, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 13.83, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0227 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.036 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5156, 27.6533, 38.0108)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BA2 #96A28B

analogous

#8C8BA2 #978BA2 #A28BA2

triadic

#978BA2 #A2978B #8BA297

tetradic

#978BA2 #A28C8B #96A28B #8BA2A2

square

#978BA2 #A28C8B #96A28B #8BA2A2

split-complementary

#978BA2 #A2A28B #8BA28C

monochromatic

#5A4F63 #786B85 #978BA2 #B5ADBD #D4CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#978BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#978BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BA2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BA2	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.036 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acbd',
    500: '#978ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ba2;
$custom-light: #b5acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 11.005,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.03629,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BA2

secondary

#C4C9C0

accent

#B47493

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BA2

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