#978BAE#978BAE

#978BAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.053 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BAE
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 11.54, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 20.34, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.027 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.053 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6336, 28.1005, 43.8990)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BAE #A2AE8B

analogous

#8B91AE #978BAE #A98BAE

triadic

#978BAE #AE978B #8BAE97

tetradic

#978BAE #AE8B91 #A2AE8B #8BAEA9

square

#978BAE #AE8B91 #A2AE8B #8BAEA9

split-complementary

#978BAE #AEA98B #91AE8B

monochromatic

#5A4E70 #776894 #978BAE #B7AFC7 #D8D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#978BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#978BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BAE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BAE	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8490B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.053 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acc6',
    500: '#978bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bae;
$custom-light: #b5acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 17.766,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65939,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BAE

secondary

#CCD1C4

accent

#9C4980

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BAE

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

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