#978BC4#978BC4

#978BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC4
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 16.61, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 32.50, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0338 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.084 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9566, 29.0297, 56.1335)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC4 #B8C48B

analogous

#8B9BC4 #978BC4 #B38BC4

triadic

#978BC4 #C4978B #8BC497

tetradic

#978BC4 #C48B9B #B8C48B #8BC4B3

square

#978BC4 #C48B9B #B8C48B #8BC4B3

split-complementary

#978BC4 #C4B38B #9BC48B

monochromatic

#56488D #7362AF #978BC4 #BBB4D9 #E0DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#978BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC4

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC4	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D93C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add6',
    500: '#978bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc4;
$custom-light: #b6add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66853,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC4

secondary

#DBDFCC

accent

#AB3A94

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC4

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

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