#978BC2#978BC2

#978BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.081 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC2
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(253, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 16.13, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 31.40, 300.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0332 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.081 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7305, 28.9393, 54.9426)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC2 #B6C28B

analogous

#8B9AC2 #978BC2 #B28BC2

triadic

#978BC2 #C2978B #8BC297

tetradic

#978BC2 #C28B9A #B6C28B #8BC2B2

square

#978BC2 #C28B9A #B6C28B #8BC2B2

split-complementary

#978BC2 #C2B28B #9AC28B

monochromatic

#57498A #7363AD #978BC2 #BBB3D7 #DFDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#978BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.081 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6acd4',
    500: '#978bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc2;
$custom-light: #b6acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66765,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC2

secondary

#DADECB

accent

#AA3C92

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC2

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

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