#978BB3#978BB3

#978BB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.060 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB3
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 12.66, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 23.10, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0286 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.06 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1301, 28.2991, 46.5140)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB3 #A7B38B

analogous

#8B93B3 #978BB3 #AB8BB3

triadic

#978BB3 #B3978B #8BB397

tetradic

#978BB3 #B38B93 #A7B38B #8BB3AB

square

#978BB3 #B38B93 #A7B38B #8BB3AB

split-complementary

#978BB3 #B3AB8B #93B38B

monochromatic

#5A4D76 #76669B #978BB3 #B8B0CB #D9D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#978BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB3

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB3	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.060 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acc9',
    500: '#978bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb3;
$custom-light: #b6acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66136,
    "c": 0.05997,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB3

secondary

#D0D4C6

accent

#9F4685

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB3

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

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