#978BCA#978BCA

#978BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCA
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 18.06, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 35.82, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0354 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.093 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6532, 29.3084, 59.8024)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCA #BECA8B

analogous

#8B9FCA #978BCA #B78BCA

triadic

#978BCA #CA978B #8BCA97

tetradic

#978BCA #CA8B9F #BECA8B #8BCAB7

square

#978BCA #CA8B9F #BECA8B #8BCAB7

split-complementary

#978BCA #CAB78B #9FCA8B

monochromatic

#544596 #7161B7 #978BCA #BDB5DD #E2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#978BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#978BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C96A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adda',
    500: '#978bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bca;
$custom-light: #b6adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67122,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCA

secondary

#DFE2CE

accent

#B03599

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCA

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

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