#978BB4#978BB4

#978BB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.061 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB4
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 12.88, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 23.65, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0289 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.061 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2316, 28.3397, 47.0486)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB4 #A8B48B

analogous

#8B93B4 #978BB4 #AB8BB4

triadic

#978BB4 #B4978B #8BB497

tetradic

#978BB4 #B48B93 #A8B48B #8BB4AB

square

#978BB4 #B48B93 #A8B48B #8BB4AB

split-complementary

#978BB4 #B4AB8B #93B48B

monochromatic

#5A4D77 #76669C #978BB4 #B8B0CC #DAD5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#978BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB4

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB4	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.061 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acca',
    500: '#978bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb4;
$custom-light: #b6acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 21.466,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66177,
    "c": 0.06139,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB4

secondary

#D0D5C6

accent

#A04685

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB4

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

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