#978BC3#978BC3

#978BC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.083 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC3
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 16.37, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 31.95, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0335 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.083 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8432, 28.9843, 55.5361)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC3 #B7C38B

analogous

#8B9BC3 #978BC3 #B38BC3

triadic

#978BC3 #C3978B #8BC397

tetradic

#978BC3 #C38B9B #B7C38B #8BC3B3

square

#978BC3 #C38B9B #B7C38B #8BC3B3

split-complementary

#978BC3 #C3B38B #9BC38B

monochromatic

#57488B #7363AE #978BC3 #BBB3D8 #DFDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#978BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC3	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.083 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add5',
    500: '#978bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc3;
$custom-light: #b6add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66809,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC3

secondary

#DADECC

accent

#AB3B93

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC3

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

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