#978BB5#978BB5

#978BB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.063 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB5
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(257, 22%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 13.11, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 24.20, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0293 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.063 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3338, 28.3806, 47.5870)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB5 #A9B58B

analogous

#8B94B5 #978BB5 #AC8BB5

triadic

#978BB5 #B5978B #8BB597

tetradic

#978BB5 #B58B94 #A9B58B #8BB5AC

square

#978BB5 #B58B94 #A9B58B #8BB5AC

split-complementary

#978BB5 #B5AC8B #94B58B

monochromatic

#594D79 #76669D #978BB5 #B8B0CD #DAD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#978BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB5

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB5	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8291B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.063 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6accb',
    500: '#978bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb5;
$custom-light: #b6accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 22.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.06281,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB5

secondary

#D1D5C6

accent

#A14586

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB5

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

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