#978BCB#978BCB

#978BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCB
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 18.31, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 36.38, 300.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0357 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.094 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7720, 29.3559, 60.4280)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCB #BFCB8B

analogous

#8B9FCB #978BCB #B78BCB

triadic

#978BCB #CB978B #8BCB97

tetradic

#978BCB #CB8B9F #BFCB8B #8BCBB7

square

#978BCB #CB8B9F #BFCB8B #8BCBB7

split-complementary

#978BCB #CBB78B #9FCB8B

monochromatic

#544498 #7161B8 #978BCB #BDB5DE #E3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#978BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#978BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCB

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCB	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C96A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addb',
    500: '#978bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bcb;
$custom-light: #b7addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCB

secondary

#DFE3CF

accent

#B1349A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCB

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

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