#978BC6#978BC6

#978BC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.087 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC6
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(252, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 17.09, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 33.61, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0343 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.087 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1858, 29.1214, 57.3404)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC6 #BAC68B

analogous

#8B9CC6 #978BC6 #B48BC6

triadic

#978BC6 #C6978B #8BC697

tetradic

#978BC6 #C68B9C #BAC68B #8BC6B4

square

#978BC6 #C68B9C #BAC68B #8BC6B4

split-complementary

#978BC6 #C6B48B #9CC68B

monochromatic

#564790 #7262B2 #978BC6 #BCB4DA #E1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#978BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC6	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)

#7C94C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D95A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.087 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add7',
    500: '#978bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc6;
$custom-light: #b6add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66941,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC6

secondary

#DCE0CD

accent

#AD3995

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC6

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

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