#978BBD#978BBD

#978BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.074 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BBD
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 14.95, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 28.63, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0317 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.074 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1784, 28.7184, 52.0349)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BBD #B1BD8B

analogous

#8B98BD #978BBD #B08BBD

triadic

#978BBD #BD978B #8BBD97

tetradic

#978BBD #BD8B98 #B1BD8B #8BBDB0

square

#978BBD #BD8B98 #B1BD8B #8BBDB0

split-complementary

#978BBD #BDB08B #98BD8B

monochromatic

#584B83 #7464A7 #978BBD #BAB2D3 #DDD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#978BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BBD

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BBD	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#8092BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.074 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd1',
    500: '#978bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bbd;
$custom-light: #b6acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BBD

secondary

#D6DBC9

accent

#A63F8D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BBD

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

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