#978BC0#978BC0

#978BC0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.078 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC0
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(254, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 15.66, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 30.29, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0326 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.078 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5074, 28.8500, 53.7676)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC0 #B4C08B

analogous

#8B9AC0 #978BC0 #B28BC0

triadic

#978BC0 #C0978B #8BC097

tetradic

#978BC0 #C08B9A #B4C08B #8BC0B2

square

#978BC0 #C08B9A #B4C08B #8BC0B2

split-complementary

#978BC0 #C0B28B #9AC08B

monochromatic

#574987 #7363AA #978BC0 #BBB3D6 #DEDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC0

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC0	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.078 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd3',
    500: '#978bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc0;
$custom-light: #b6acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66678,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC0

secondary

#D8DCCA

accent

#A83D90

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC0

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

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