#978BBE#978BBE

#978BBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.076 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BBE
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 15.19, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 29.18, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.032 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.076 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2873, 28.7620, 52.6085)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BBE #B2BE8B

analogous

#8B99BE #978BBE #B18BBE

triadic

#978BBE #BE978B #8BBE97

tetradic

#978BBE #BE8B99 #B2BE8B #8BBEB1

square

#978BBE #BE8B99 #B2BE8B #8BBEB1

split-complementary

#978BBE #BEB18B #99BE8B

monochromatic

#584A84 #7464A8 #978BBE #BAB2D4 #DDD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#978BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BBE

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BBE	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F939D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.076 295.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66592,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BBE

secondary

#D7DBCA

accent

#A73F8E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BBE

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