#978BC7#978BC7

#978BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.088 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC7
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(252, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 17.33, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 34.17, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0346 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.088 293)
XYZ	xyz(32.3015, 29.1677, 57.9499)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC7 #BBC78B

analogous

#8B9DC7 #978BC7 #B58BC7

triadic

#978BC7 #C7978B #8BC797

tetradic

#978BC7 #C78B9D #BBC78B #8BC7B5

square

#978BC7 #C78B9D #BBC78B #8BC7B5

split-complementary

#978BC7 #C7B58B #9DC78B

monochromatic

#554691 #7262B3 #978BC7 #BCB4DB #E1DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#978BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#978BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC7

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC7	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D95A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.088 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add8',
    500: '#978bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc7;
$custom-light: #b6add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66986,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.29168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC7

secondary

#DDE1CD

accent

#AE3896

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC7

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

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