#978BBC#978BBC

#978BBC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.073 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BBC
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 14.72, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 28.07, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0314 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.073 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0702, 28.6752, 51.4652)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BBC #B0BC8B

analogous

#8B98BC #978BBC #B08BBC

triadic

#978BBC #BC978B #8BBC97

tetradic

#978BBC #BC8B98 #B0BC8B #8BBCB0

square

#978BBC #BC8B98 #B0BC8B #8BBCB0

split-complementary

#978BBC #BCB08B #98BC8B

monochromatic

#584B82 #7464A6 #978BBC #BAB2D2 #DDD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#978BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BBC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BBC	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.073 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd0',
    500: '#978bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bbc;
$custom-light: #b6acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66507,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BBC

secondary

#D6DAC9

accent

#A5408D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BBC

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

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