#978BB2#978BB2

#978BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.059 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB2
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(258, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 12.43, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 22.55, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0283 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.059 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0293, 28.2588, 45.9833)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB2 #A6B28B

analogous

#8B93B2 #978BB2 #AB8BB2

triadic

#978BB2 #B2978B #8BB297

tetradic

#978BB2 #B28B93 #A6B28B #8BB2AB

square

#978BB2 #B28B93 #A6B28B #8BB2AB

split-complementary

#978BB2 #B2AB8B #93B28B

monochromatic

#5A4E75 #76669A #978BB2 #B8B0CA #D9D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#978BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB2

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB2	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.059 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acc9',
    500: '#978bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb2;
$custom-light: #b6acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66096,
    "c": 0.05855,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB2

secondary

#CFD4C5

accent

#9F4784

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB2

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

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