#978BB0#978BB0

#978BB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.056 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB0
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(259, 19%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 11.99, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 21.44, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0276 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.056 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8300, 28.1791, 44.9335)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB0 #A4B08B

analogous

#8B92B0 #978BB0 #AA8BB0

triadic

#978BB0 #B0978B #8BB097

tetradic

#978BB0 #B08B92 #A4B08B #8BB0AA

square

#978BB0 #B08B92 #A4B08B #8BB0AA

split-complementary

#978BB0 #B0AA8B #92B08B

monochromatic

#5A4E73 #766797 #978BB0 #B8AFC9 #D8D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#978BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB0

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB0	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8491B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.056 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acc7',
    500: '#978bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb0;
$custom-light: #b6acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 18.974,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66017,
    "c": 0.05573,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB0

secondary

#CED2C5

accent

#9D4882

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →