#978BC8#978BC8

#978BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.090 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC8
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 17.57, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 34.72, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0349 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.09 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4180, 29.2143, 58.5634)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC8 #BCC88B

analogous

#8B9EC8 #978BC8 #B68BC8

triadic

#978BC8 #C8978B #8BC897

tetradic

#978BC8 #C88B9E #BCC88B #8BC8B6

square

#978BC8 #C88B9E #BCC88B #8BC8B6

split-complementary

#978BC8 #C8B68B #9EC88B

monochromatic

#554693 #7261B4 #978BC8 #BCB5DC #E1DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#978BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#978BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC8	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D95A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.090 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add9',
    500: '#978bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc8;
$custom-light: #b6add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67031,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC8

secondary

#DDE1CE

accent

#AF3797

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC8

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

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