#978BB9#978BB9

#978BB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.069 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BB9
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(256, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 14.02, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.41, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0305 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.069 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7502, 28.5471, 49.7797)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BB9 #ADB98B

analogous

#8B96B9 #978BB9 #AE8BB9

triadic

#978BB9 #B9978B #8BB997

tetradic

#978BB9 #B98B96 #ADB98B #8BB9AE

square

#978BB9 #B98B96 #ADB98B #8BB9AE

split-complementary

#978BB9 #B9AE8B #96B98B

monochromatic

#594C7E #7565A2 #978BB9 #B9B1D0 #DBD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#978BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BB9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8391B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.069 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acce',
    500: '#978bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bb9;
$custom-light: #b6acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66381,
    "c": 0.0685,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BB9

secondary

#D4D8C8

accent

#A3428A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BB9

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

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