#978BC9#978BC9

#978BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.091 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BC9
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 17.82, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 35.27, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0351 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.091 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5352, 29.2612, 59.1809)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BC9 #BDC98B

analogous

#8B9EC9 #978BC9 #B68BC9

triadic

#978BC9 #C9978B #8BC997

tetradic

#978BC9 #C98B9E #BDC98B #8BC9B6

square

#978BC9 #C98B9E #BDC98B #8BC9B6

split-complementary

#978BC9 #C9B68B #9EC98B

monochromatic

#544594 #7261B6 #978BC9 #BCB5DC #E2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#978BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#978BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BC9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BC9	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D95A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.091 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add9',
    500: '#978bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bc9;
$custom-light: #b6add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67076,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BC9

secondary

#DEE2CE

accent

#AF3698

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BC9

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

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