#978BC5#978BC5

#978BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.086 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC5
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(252, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 16.85, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 33.06, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.034 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.086 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0708, 29.0754, 56.7350)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC5 #B9C58B

analogous

#8B9CC5 #978BC5 #B48BC5

triadic

#978BC5 #C5978B #8BC597

tetradic

#978BC5 #C58B9C #B9C58B #8BC5B4

square

#978BC5 #C58B9C #B9C58B #8BC5B4

split-complementary

#978BC5 #C5B48B #9CC58B

monochromatic

#56478E #7262B1 #978BC5 #BCB4D9 #E0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#978BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC5

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC5	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D93C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E95A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.086 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add6',
    500: '#978bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc5;
$custom-light: #b6add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66897,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC5

secondary

#DCDFCC

accent

#AC3994

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC5

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

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