#978BBB#978BBB

#978BBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.071 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BBB
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 14.49, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 27.52, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0311 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.071 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9628, 28.6322, 50.8994)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BBB #AFBB8B

analogous

#8B97BB #978BBB #AF8BBB

triadic

#978BBB #BB978B #8BBB97

tetradic

#978BBB #BB8B97 #AFBB8B #8BBBAF

square

#978BBB #BB8B97 #AFBB8B #8BBBAF

split-complementary

#978BBB #BBAF8B #97BB8B

monochromatic

#594B80 #7464A4 #978BBB #BAB2D2 #DCD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#978BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BBB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BBB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.071 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6accf',
    500: '#978bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bbb;
$custom-light: #b6accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BBB

secondary

#D5D9C8

accent

#A5418C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BBB

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

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